As Co-Chair of the Tribal Court-State Court Forum in California and Chief Judge of the Yurok Tribal Court, I would like to learn whether you are encountering any problems getting your tribal court protection orders enforced in California. I am seeking your help because protection orders issued by tribal courts in California are not recognized or enforced unless they are entered into the DOJ California Restraining and Protective Orders System (CARPOS) through California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) by county law enforcement. Because tribal courts in California do not have access to these statewide databases, we have had to develop workarounds. Despite VAWA and California law mandating full faith and credit for protection orders tribal courts have been registering their orders with the state courts in order to have them entered into the statewide DOJ databases.
If you have any examples of recent times when your tribal court protection orders have not been recognized or enforced by law enforcement, we would appreciate learning about these instances. Please contact Pat Lenzi, forum member and Chief Judge of the Cedarville Rancheria Tribal Court, if you have any information you can share with us. Judge Lenzi can be reached at Lenzi.patricia@gmail.com
Judge Abby Abinanti
Co-Chair of the Tribal Court-State Court Forum
Turtle Talk 
Tribal Courts in Arizona have the same issue with Tribal protective orders. We are told we need an ORI number, yet we meet roadblocks in attempting to acquire the number for our court.
We ask that all tribal courts that are aware of their orders not being enforced in California contact me. Thank you for your comment. As we share information, maybe we can begin to improve enforcement for all tribal court orders in every state.