MMIW

Not Invisible Act Commission Report

November 3, 2023Kate Fort

Here, finalized on Nov. 1:

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It’s over 200 pages, so I’ve only been able to skim it so far, but it appears incredibly comprehensive:

The Commission was charged with developing recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior and the Attorney General to improve intergovernmental coordination and establish best practices for state, Tribal, and federal LE to combat the epidemic of missing persons, murder, and trafficking of AI/AN persons. Specifically, the Commission was directed to develop recommendations on six key topic areas. The Commission organized itself into six Subcommittees to align with these six topic areas as follows:

Subcommittee 1: Law Enforcement & Investigative Resources — Identifying/Responding to Missing, Murdered, and Trafficked Persons

Subcommittee 2: Policies & Programs – Reporting and Collecting Data on Missing, Murdered, and Trafficked Persons

Subcommittee 3: Recruitment & Retention of Tribal & Bureau of Indian Affairs Law Enforcement

Subcommittee 4: Coordinating Resources – Criminal Jurisdiction, Prosecution, Information Sharing on Tribal-State-Federal Missing, Murdered, and Trafficked Persons Investigations

Subcommittee 5: Victim and Family Resources and Services

Subcommittee 6: Other Necessary Legislative & Administrative Changes

Kansas Indian Law CLE January 29

January 11, 2021Kate Fort

Here is the announcement.

Not to be too promotional, but they got three pretty solid presenters (no manel here!) for this CLE:

Working for Tribal Clients – Ethics

An overview of ethical responsibilities and obligations of legal practitioners who represent tribal clients, including tribal nations, tribal organizations and tribal members. (1.0 Ethics CLE)

Presented by: Vivien Olsen, Managing Attorney for the Legal Assistance to Victims program of the Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence.

Indian Child Welfare Act: Litigation and Legislation

Are you familiar with ICWA (1978)? Any attorney practicing in family law or child-related cases will benefit from this session where Professor Kate Fort will review ICWA and key cases from 2019 and 2020, including recent state legislation and court rules adopted to protect ICWA. (1.0 General CLE)

Presenter: Professor Kate Fort, Michigan State University, Indian Law Clinic

The Violence Against Women Act & the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Crisis

4 in 5 Indigenous women will experience violence in their lifetimes. – National Institute of Justice Report

This session will discuss the re-authorization of VAWA efforts over the past two years and will discuss the most recent efforts to pass legislation that will address the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous Persons in the United States. (1.0 General CLE)

Presented by: Mary Kathryn Nagle, member of Cherokee Nation, partner at Pipestem Law PC