Tribal Justice

July
Narrative Description of this activity
July 1-July 31, 2024, Monthly Activity; During this reporting period, there were approximately 3 emails and other announcements, that were sent out to the grantee. Included in the emails were resources regarding training announcements, and other relevant resources including webinar materials, and resources from webinars.
Many of the resources were shared via constant contact.

TLPI received a non-grantee TTA request from the State of Washington to support the revitalization of the Washington Tribal State Court Consortium. An initial call with was held on 12/19/2024 with Mishani Jack-Gonzalez at the Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts. TLPI provided resources and materials and Mishani would like to review. TLPI will follow up in February 2025 to discuss any follow-up TTA needs.

Held on December 18, 2024 in collaboration with our training and technical assistance partners – the UND School of Law – Tribal Judicial Institute (TJI). This webinar presented by BJ Jones, Tribal Judge and Executive Director at TJI and Michelle Rivard Parks, Tribal Judge and Associate Director at TJI and former Tribal prosecutor. This webinar included a discussion on both civil commitments and criminal competency issues in criminal proceedings in Tribal courts.
The discussion on Civil Commitments in Tribal Courts included the following topics:

Held on November 4, 2024 in collaboration with our training and technical assistance partners – the National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA). This webinar was presented by the Honorable Carrie Garrow, Chief Judge for the St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Court. This webinar discussed how judicial interaction with participants is a critical component of participants’ success. Motivational interviewing, created by William Miller and Stephen Rollnick, is a method of communication and designed to help people explore and resolve ambivalence about changing behaviors.

Held on September 25, 2024 The Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI), in collaboration with our training and technical assistance partners – the UND School of Law – Tribal Judicial Institute (TJI) hosted a webinar: Lessons from the Field: Insights from a Tribal Prosecutor, presented by Alfred Urbina, former Attorney General, Tribal Judge, and Tribal Prosecutor for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. This webinar was an engaging and informative session with Mr. Urbina as he shared valuable lessons learned throughout his distinguished career as a Tribal prosecutor.

Through monthly check ins, each TLPI TTA coach will work to support FY 24 assigned grantees in completing work plans and tracking their progress in accomplishing grant deliverables.

Through monthly check ins, each TLPI TTA coach will work to support FY 23 grantees in completing work plans and tracking their progress in accomplishing grant deliverables.

Establish guiding questions for needs assessment, determine methodology for data collection and create needs assessment action plan.

TLPI received an email from Lysette Morris, a peacemaker for the Prairie Band of Potawatomi. Leslie indicated that she was in search of materials for our committee, is in need of training and would like to have a call to discuss. They lost 4 members since Covid and are on the next general council agenda in January 2025. She also shared a potential flyer design for feedback and review. TLPI provided some resources and comments on the materials and proposed some times for a call. TLPI followed up in December to see if they could schedule a call to discuss additional needs.

TLPI supported a statewide conference/meeting by advertising meeting to FY23 CTAS Purpose Area 3 Tribal Justice System Grantees. One grantee, CTAS PA 3 Grantee Pueblo of Jemez was able to attend the the 2nd Annual New Mexico Association of Tribal Healing to Wellness Regional Training on December 4-5, 2024 in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM but did not need any funding or travel support( Task 3.3). TLPI will continue to offer conference presentations and support statewide meetings, as feasible (Task 3.2-3.3).