Serving Two Spirit Participants in Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts: An Annotated Resource Guide

This guide provides available resources to Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts (THWCs) serving Native Two Spirit participants in an effort to bridge information gaps, increase access to treatment services, and decrease high rates of incarceration within tribal communities.

Indigenous people who are two-spirit are severely underserved, and yet, they make up a community who are most at risk of developing substance use disorders and experiencing other harms related to it. Despite this fact, there is a dearth of resources for serving this community in Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts. 

While there are limited resources available for Indigenous Two Spirit participants in THWCs, this resource guide will provide information related to the following: issues for Two Spirit  participants in treatment courts (not Native/Tribal specific), a list of judicial benchbooks and bench cards on Two Spirit people in state courts, general issues for Native/Tribal Two Spirit people, and general issues for Two Spirit people .