by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Specialized Court Projects, Traditional Practices
Court Administrator Susie Martin and Chief Probation Officer Lucinda Yellowhair explain how the Navajo Nation’s pilot community court will draw on their culture’s traditional restorative justice principles. Martin and Yellowhair discussed the Navajo...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Publications, Specialized Court Projects, Substance Abuse
A practical guide for drug court administrators and staff reporting how they can use data productively to monitor their operations, measure key performance indicators, identify areas of success, and bring to light problem areas or ways to improve. Action...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Publications, Specialized Court Projects, Substance Abuse
This guide is the quintessential tool for the Healing to Wellness Court, documenting the structure and spirit of the Court. This publication provides an overview of the key considerations for what should be included in the manual, including team roles and...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Podcasts, Specialized Court Projects, Substance Abuse
In this segment, Carrie Garrow and Charlene Jackson discuss common challenges experienced by Healing to Wellness Court Practitioners and offer programmatic advice. Carrie Garrow is the Chief Appellate Judge for the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Court. Charlene Jackson is...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Juvenile Justice, Traditional Practices, Videos
This is a four day wilderness camp program focusing on tribal culture and natural living skills, using the Peacemaking talking circle throughout. Participants cook their own food as a group over an open fire in the communal longhouse. They haul firewood and bring...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Juvenile Justice, Videos
The Gang Resistance Education And Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program is an evidence-based violence prevention curriculum that brings law enforcement officers into the classroom to work with students. The Puyallup Tribe of Indians first implemented the G.R.E.A.T. Program in...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, Publications
This report details the results of a regional survey of Northern California tribal communities focused on domestic violence. The goal was to assess the prevalence of domestic violence victimization, as well as perceptions regarding community and justice system...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, Publications, Specialized Court Projects
Domestic violence is one of the most pressing problems facing Native American and Alaska Native communities. Although the reauthorized Violence Against Women Act recognizes the authority of tribes to prosecute non-Native offenders, more tools are needed. This paper...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration, Juvenile Justice, Videos
The Puyallup GREAT Camp is modeled after an evidence-based program known as Gang Resistance Education And Training, which uses school-based law enforcement officers to instruct classroom curricula focused on gang and violence prevention in schools. The Puyallup Tribe...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration, Publications
This monograph describes the current landscape of collaboration between state and tribal justice systems, detailing the history, barriers to effective cooperation, and promising recent developments in the field. StateAndTribalCourts
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration, Publications, Traditional Practices
This report summarizes the discussion at a roundtable on peacemaking hosted by the Center for Court Innovation, with the support of the U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance, as part of a planning process to create a pilot peacemaking program in the New York State court...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration, Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, Traditional Practices, Videos
Gene Red Hail is the Program Coordinator of the Men’s Re-Education Program and the Coordinated Community Response to domestic violence for the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin. In this video, he shares his views on Native Men’s Wellness through...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration, Podcasts
Pete Sabori discusses his experience working for a grant-funded tribal justice program and offers advice on forming partnerships and using existing resources. Pete Sabori is the former Community Court Coordinator for the Colorado River Indian Tribes. Included here is...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration, Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, Podcasts, Tribal Constitutions & Codes
In this segment, Alfred Urbina and O.J. Flores join us in conversation about the implementation of VAWA jurisdiction as a pilot program in the Pascua Yaqui community. Alfred Urbina is the former Pascua Yaqui Attorney General, and O.J. Flores is the chief prosecutor...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration, Podcasts, Specialized Court Projects, Substance Abuse, Traditional Practices
In this podcast, we are speaking with Judge Maria Dominguez about the Urban Healing to Wellness Court in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Judge Dominguez is a judge for the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court and she also runs the Urban Healing to Wellness Court. Included...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Corrections & Reentry, Juvenile Justice, Videos
Wanbli Wiconi Tipi, Youth Wellness and Renewal Center, is a 36 bed juvenile detention facility operated by the Rosebud Sioux Tribe through funding from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Video of M4fmdR4Wt4E
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Corrections & Reentry, Videos
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation Reintegration Program provides intensive case management and reentry services to tribal members returning to the community from incarceration. The program provides financial assistance for basic needs such as housing, clothing, and...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Child Welfare & Crimes Against Children, Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration, Podcasts, Specialized Court Projects
Theresa Pouley of the Tulalip Tribal Court, Michael Petoskey of the Pokagan Band of Potawatomi Indians, and William A. Thorne Jr., a Pomo/Coast Miwok Indian appointed to the Utah Court of Appeals, discuss the advantages of transferring child welfare cases from state...
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Child Welfare & Crimes Against Children, Cross-Jurisdictional Collaboration, Publications
This paper reviews some of the current challenges associated with following the mandates set forth in the Indian Child Welfare Act and offers suggestions for how state and tribal jurisdictions can work collaboratively to improve compliance. ICWA
by admin | Aug 13, 2018 | Child Welfare & Crimes Against Children, Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, Publications
Rocky Boy’s Children Exposed to Violence Project was informed by a commitment to culture as prevention—reconnecting youth and families with the Chippewa Cree language, culture, and traditions. The primary components of the initiative were advocacy and case management...
