Tribal Justice

On 4/22/24, a TTA Needs Assessment meeting conducted via zoom with Grantee Yakama Nation for TTA Needs Assessment review.
In attendance, TLPI Tribal Courts Team, and Project Partner NAICJA Team Elton Naswood, and Mary Rodriguez; and Tamara Saluskin, Yakama

This webinar is intended to help Tribes learn about the Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation and application requirements.

New Grantee Orientation is a two-day conference that provides new Department of Justice grant recipients with the tools and guidance needed to implement, operate, and effectively manage programs funded under the FY 2023 CTAS grant initiative

In email follow-up to initial call for TTA, confirmed that Judge Korey Wahwassuck is available to attend the conference on June 23rd and 24th. Judge Wahwassuck is a consultant for TLPI with expertise incorporating custom and traditional law into tribal code. TLPI would be able to cover her time and travel to attend the conference to help provide support, expertise, or facilitation as needed.
Advised that, TLPI can set up a time to meet with Judge Wahwassuck to discuss your needs for the conference in more detail.

In recent years, communities across the country have experienced substantial increases in gun violence. While some cities have made progress in reducing these crimes, pressing concerns remain for residents, community and business leaders, law enforcement and city officials, prosecutors, public health providers, and more. In response to these concerns, the United States Department of Justice launched the Violent Crime Reduction Roadmap (Roadmap).

FY 23 CTAS PA3 Grantee TTA Needs Assessment Email- Sent to all 13 grantees:
Good Afternoon,

Thank you so much for attending our Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI) Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) Kick Off Meeting for CTAS PA 3 Grantees!

It was wonderful meeting you and having a chance to introduce you to the TLPI Tribal Courts Project Team and our partner organizations-Tribal Judicial Institute (TJI) and National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA).

There are next steps for your T/TA that TLPI is requesting your assistance with;

TTA request for social worker training at Fort Belknap. Catherine Retana, Tribal Law Specialist at TLPI, followed up 03/12/2024 to schedule an initial call to clarify TTA requests and needs but did not receive a response. Catherine followed up again on 03/18/2024 and on 05/02/2024. Catherine Retana provide contact information after various unsuccessful attempts and informed contact they if they were still interested they could reach out when feasible to TLPI or CBC4Tribes. Request was closed.

White Earth Nation is working with a nonprofit called Niibi Center with the goal of developing traditional Anishinaabe Law in collaboration with the White Earth courts. Request is for resources for development and training that might have available. Also a request for a person to participate in an upcoming conference they have in achieving this same goal. The initial call was held on March 22, 2024. TLPI identified consultant Korey Wahwassuck to attend the 2nd Annual Anishinaabe Law conference on June 23-24, 2024 at Mahnomen, MN.

FY 23 Grantee Burns Paiute Dissemination of Probation Resources; grantee was given 12 different resources for probation services to include policies and procedures, confidentiality agreements, community service, and other case management tools. Also shared some resources for code development. Total of 3 emails sent with 12 resources.

TA Request Summary
The Southern Ute Public Defender has a new staff position of an Assistant and has asked for some assistance in finding training for the new staff member. The request is for not necessarily DV cases, but criminal cases in general.
Intended Outcome
To received resources or training that will aid in the requested outcome of training a new staff assistant in the Public Defender Office for the Southern Ute Indian Tribe.