Investigative Support

On 3/15/2024 TLPI held their Virtual Kick Off Meeting for FY 23 CTAS PA 3 Grantees. Chief Judge Patricia Davis, and Kim Needham, Tribal Court Clerk/Administrator of the Burns Paiute Tribal Court joined the virtual meeting via zoom. TLPI presented on the Tribal Courts, Tribal Justice System, and Intergovernmental Collaboration Projection, the broad range of TLPI resources, publications, webinars, and various TTA projects. TLPI also discussed how to request TTA, the TTA TLPI process (which consists of TA Coach assignments, the development of a TA workplan, and a final TA report.

I emailed the Minnesota Office of Justice Programs to request further information regarding their inquiry on data collection for missing or murdered black and indigenous persons. The email requested further details on their inquiry as to what avenues they would like to talk and how they would like the NCJA Data Center to assist.

Robert Dean attended a BJA-hosted Office Hours session for all COLD grantees and answered questions in real time for the COLD grantee participants.

Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Time: 2:30pm PT/ 3:30 pm MT/ 4:30pm CT/ 5:30pm ET
Zoom Meeting
Participants: TLPI staff from this project, Judge Korey Wahwassuck, Consultant, TLPI, and Terry Janis, Director, Niibi Center Institute for the Rights of Nature

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

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.

TLPI staff made introductions and discussed TLPI TTA and process.

On 3/11/2024 TLPI held their Virtual Kick Off Meeting for FY 23 CTAS PA 3 Grantees. TLPI TTA Partner NAICJA (National American Indian Court Judges Association), and Deb English, Tribal Court Administrator, Cody Mattison, Contracts Specialist in Grants Department, and Danny Harjo, Grants Department Manager of the Prairie Island Tribal Community joined the virtual meeting via zoom. TLPI presented on the Tribal Courts, Tribal Justice System, and Intergovernmental Collaboration Projection, the broad range of TLPI resources, publications, webinars, and various TTA projects.

On 3/15/2024 TLPI held their Virtual Kick Off Meeting for FY 23 CTAS PA 3 Grantees. Chief Judge Patricia Davis, and Kim Needham, Tribal Court Clerk/Administrator of the Burns Paiute Tribal Court joined the virtual meeting via zoom. TLPI presented on the Tribal Courts, Tribal Justice System, and Intergovernmental Collaboration Projection, the broad range of TLPI resources, publications, webinars, and various TTA projects. TLPI also discussed how to request TTA, the TTA TLPI process (which consists of TA Coach assignments, the development of a TA workplan, and a final TA report.