Tribal-State Collaboration for Indian Child Welfare

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August 29, 2024

The American Indian Justice Conference opened with a plenary session on how Tribes and the State of New Mexico have built collaboration on protecting Indian children, through the State’s Indian Family Protection Act. In this follow-up webinar, tribal judges from other states will share their experience on how collaboration with state courts has improved the lives of tribal children. Judge William Thorne, who spoke during the plenary, will moderate an engaging conversation with tribal judges with on-the-ground experience in many other states.

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What will I learn?

During this course, you will learn to:

  • Describe best practices for building collaboration with state courts and state/local child welfare agencies for the benefit of tribal children.
  • Identify state court systems that have effectively supported tribal judges in providing the necessary resources to support tribal children.
  • Access resources for training on ICWA and tribal child welfare.
  • Speakers in this webinar will share their experience in building that tribal-state court collaboration, including:
    • Creation and development of tribal-state court councils
    • Training of state judges, lawyers, and social workers on collaboration with tribes on child welfare under ICWA
    • Creation of joint-jurisdiction courts where tribal and state judges sit together to decide how best to care for tribal children

Faculty:

  • Honorable William A. Thorne, Utah Court of Appeals (Retired)
  • Honorable Michael Petoskey, Chief Judge, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
  • Honorable Sheldon Spotted-Elk, Ute Indian Tribal Court of Appeals
  • Honorable Korey Wahwassuck, District Judge, Minnesota 9th Judicial District

This project was supported by Grant No. 2019-MU-MU-K001 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Department of Justice’s office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

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The American Indian Justice Conference opened with a plenary session on how Tribes and the State of New Mexico have built collaboration on protecting Indian children, through the State’s Indian Family Protection Act. In this follow-up webinar, tribal judges from other states will share their experience on how collaboration with state courts has improved the lives of tribal children. Judge William Thorne, who spoke during the plenary, will moderate an engaging conversation with tribal judges with on-the-ground experience in many other states.

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