From Cami Fraser at Michigan Indian Legal Services:
We’ve create a national list serve and web page through yahoo groups for tribal public defenders and we’re trying to get the word out that it exists. So far – we have 26 members from various states (ie Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Michigan, Colorado, and Minnesota). We have public defenders from Swinomish, Lummi, Tulalilp, Umatilla, Pascua Yaqui, Navajo, Gila River, Tohono O’odham, Sault Ste Marie, Bay Mills, etc. As you can imagine, it is hard finding and contacting all the tribal public defenders out there. It would be great if you could do a blog mentioning the group and giving the web site to join. (It requires moderator approval to join.) The web site is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tribaldefenseattorneys/
Also – University of Washington law school is looking at doing a national conference for tribal public defenders next fall – Ron Whitener mentioned it on the list serve.
Cameron Ann Fraser,Michigan Indian Legal Services,814 S Garfield Avenue, Suite A,Traverse City, MI 49686, (231) 947-0122, cfraser@mils.org
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