tribal court

After TLPI sent a Publication Announcement for the Joint Jurisdiction Needs Assessment Full Report and Summary Findings, Elizabeth (Betsy) Horsman reached out to Jacob Metoxen at TYRC stating that she had a legal question regarding the appeals process for joint jurisdiction courts they she wanted to ask the authors of this report. She also requested if she could get a speaker on joint jurisdiction courts to present for 30-45 minutes at one of their monthly Advisory Board meetings.

Review the steps Poarch Band of Creek Indians, Alabama’s only federally recognized tribe, took to overcome jurisdictional barriers to achieve implementation of state legislation known as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians—State Police Powers Act (Alabama Act #2018-393). Review the specific barriers that were overcome such as lack of state recognition, no available copies of memorandums of understanding that were in prior existence, inability to use state academy for training, not honoring tribal courts, etc.

Join the National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College for their upcoming webinar “A Tribal-State Collaboration Model: Poarch Band of Creek Indians’ Journey to Success” on July 21, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. ET. Attendees will review the list of steps Alabama’s only federally recognized tribe—the Poarch Band of Creek Indians—took to tackle jurisdictional barriers and successfully implement state legislation.