Tribal Justice

Kelly Stoner and Chia Halpern reviewed and commented on the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians tribal code that addresses special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction. Kelly reviewed for the necessary statutory requirements, protection order information, jurisdictional issues and the defendants necessary ties to the community.

Center staff conducted 2 email correspondence with the Mille Lacs Tribe. The purpose of the email correspondence was to discuss the process of organizing and coding data. Staff assisted in creating an outline of work that needed to be done to draft a needs assessment report based on the qualitative data of the Family Services interviews and focus groups.

Attended "A Dialogue on the Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) Implementation of the Enhanced Sentencing Authority" sponsored by BJA and put on by APPA. TLPI provided TLOA Enhanced Sentencing Authority/VAWA Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction list of implementing tribes chart to participants and discussed our TA and VAWA Intertribal Working Group information. TLPI provided, to APPA, links to our: Implementing TLOA/VAWA tribal code resource, TLPI VAWA webpage, and NCAI VAWA webpage.

Mr. Hood and Ms. Thompson presented to attendees of the NNALEA training on Community Prosecution and Health and Wellness Courts.

Center staff attended a round table discussion hosted by Rand Corp discussing technology needs in small, rural, border, and tribal communities.

Center staff facilitated a round table discussion between the Wisconsin Department of Justice and the 11 tribes of Wisconsin in an attempt to create a criminal justice coordinating committee for the 11 tribes.

Center staff conducted a site visit at the Lac du Flambeau Tribe to facilitate a round table discussion between the Wisconsin Department of Justice and the 11 tribes of Wisconsin in an attempt to create a criminal justice coordinating committee for the 11 tribes.

Center staff conducted a site visit at the Pascua Yaqui Tribe to conduct technology needs assessment.

Center staff conducted a site visit at the Colorado River Indian Tribe and met with Judge King and the Community Court coordinator, Pete Sabori to discuss community court planning.