Friday, March 6. Keynote presentation by Judge Canby.
Agenda here.
Will be available as a webcast.
Announcements
Tribal Courts Conference — Denver — March 19-20, 2015
Here (PDF):
Cornell NALSA Tribal Economic Development Action Summit
National Intertribal Tribal Tax Alliance 2015 Meeting Announcement
Here:
Tribal Marijuana Conference — February 27, 2015 @ Tulalip Resort Casino
MSU Law Talk Today — Seven Generations: Reflecting on Our Past to Achieve Justice for Our Tomorrow
Seven Generations: Reflecting on Our Past to Achieve Justice for Our Tomorrow
MSU Law’s Diversity Consortium and Native American Law Students Association (NALSA)
Tuesday, January 27th
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
MSU College of Law, Room 471
Please join MSU Law’s Diversity Consortium and NALSA in hosting Professor Fletcher and Professor Lawrence for our first Around the Hour Series Program of the year. We will be discussing a Native American philosophy known as Seven Generations, a framework under which we will contemplate how past efforts to achieve justice are linked to both emerging movements of today and those in the future. What is your role in the process?
Mary Ferguson, fergusma@law.msu.edu
NCAI/NCJA Webinar Announcement: “Improving Tribal Access to Victim Services: Lessons from National, State, and Tribal Perspectives”
Improving Tribal Access to Victim Services: Lessons from National, State, and Tribal Perspectives
January 29th, 2015
3:00-4:30 PM EST
With high rates of crime and victimization, tribal communities suffer disproportionately from the long-lasting and multi-generational impacts of exposure to violence. By restoring tribal court jurisdiction over non-Indians who commit acts of dating and domestic violence on tribal lands, the 2013 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) renewed the focus on domestic violence in Indian country and the needs of tribal victims. Improving Tribal Access to Victim Services: Lessons from National, State, and Tribal Perspectives will highlight practical approaches to ensuring tribal access to victims funding, compensation, and services. In addition, this webinar will highlight collaborative state, local, and tribal efforts aimed at providing a variety of services to meet the needs of tribal victims.
Presenters:
Dianne Barker Harrold, Attorney & Indian Country Consultant, Member of Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
Brian Hendrix, Victims of Crime Tribal Liaison for State of Oklahoma, Member of Muscogee Creek Nation
Nikki Finkbonner, Coordinator at Lummi Nation Victims of Crime Program
Moderator:
Steve Siegel, Director, Special Program Unit, Denver District Attorney and Board Member of Unified Solutions and NCJA
Registration Link: https://ncja.webex.com/ncja/k2/j.php?MTID=t5efb68c2c4ffc3a880cba980eb2dc139
NAICJA Announcement: “Developing Tribal Justice Systems in a Public Law 280 State”
Join the National American Indian Court Judges Association and the American Indian Law Center for the second in a series of four upcoming webinars on Emerging Practices in Civil Legal Assistance and Criminal Indigent Defense. The goal of these webinars is to share four emerging practices that incorporate the philosophy, values, and characteristics of successful and effective legal assistance practices. These webinars will also share and highlight multiple programs that are currently implementing these practices.
Webinar 2 – “Developing Tribal Justice Systems in a Public Law 280 State” Continue reading
Funding Opportunity: Tribal Court Improvement Program
Application Deadline: April 20, 2015
Full details available here
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| The Administration for Children and Families, Children’s Bureau announces the availability of awards to provide tribes and tribal consortia the opportunity to compete for grants to enable tribal courts to:
(1) Conduct assessments of how tribal courts handle child welfare proceedings and to make improvements to court processes; (2) Implement improvements to provide for the safety, permanency and well-being of children as set forth in the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-89) and increase and improve engagement of the entire family in court processes relating to child welfare, family preservation, family reunification and adoption; (3) Ensure children’s safety, permanence, and well-being needs are met in a timely and complete manner (through better collection and analysis of data); and (4) Provide for training of judges, attorneys, and other legal personnel in child welfare cases. Grant funds may not be used to hire attorneys or judges, fill vacant court personnel positions, or otherwise supplant funding for tribal government positions. |
National Council for Adoption ICWA Webinar
Here. Addie Smith of NICWA will be doing the presentation, which is a very good thing.
via A.H.
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