The Northern California Intertribal Court System (NCICS) is an inter-tribal court system, incorporating the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians, the Cahto Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria, the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians, and the Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester-Point Arena Rancheria. The NCICS is a unique collaboration, in which court takes places at each tribe, each tribe still has its own unique tribal code, and overall sovereignty. However, between the four participating tribes, tribes can share resources including the court staff and judge. To continue to maximize resources and expand services available to community members, the Tribes requested technical assistance from the Tribal Law and Policy Institute, in collaboration with Fox Valley Technical College's National Criminal Justice Training Center to help plan an intertribal Healing to Wellness Court.
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The Northern California Intertribal Court System, which consists of the Hopland Tribe, Coyote Valley, Manchester Point Arena, and Cahto, are a CTAS Purpose Areas 2, 3, and 8 grantee. In partnership with the Fox Valley Technical College's National Criminal Justice Training Center, the NCICS requested a Healing to Wellness Court onsite to assist in planning an innovative intertribal Healing to Wellness Court. Unlike other intertribal courts, the NCICS does not have a central office or courthouse. Rather, the court is mobile, traveling fro tribe to tribe, to enforce the unique tribal law for that tribe. This intertribal Healing to Wellness Court will therefore also feature an innovative design of sharing resources but still preserving the sovereignty of each participating nation.
The Tribal Law and Policy Institute, the Fox Valley Technical College's National Criminal Justice Training Center, and the Northern California Intertribal Court System conducted a conference call to discuss the 2.5 day agenda concerning both strategic planning and the planning and development of an intertribal Healing to Wellness Court.
TLPI staff Lauren van Schilfgaarde and FVTC staff Cary Waubanascum and Lea Geurts conducted the 2.5 onsite with the NCICS.
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