The 2005 Violence Against Women Act requires the Department of Justice, Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of the Interior to annually engage in formal tribal consultation on violence against women. The 2022 hybrid consultation will take place September 21 - 23, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska, and in an online environment. The […]
Join the listening sessions with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of the Interior (DOI) to discuss the impact of the June 29, 2022, Supreme Court decision in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, which addressed the scope of a state's criminal jurisdiction to prosecute non-Indian defendants in Indian country. Wednesday, September 26 at 3:00 pm […]
Join the listening sessions with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of the Interior (DOI) to discuss the impact of the June 29, 2022, Supreme Court decision in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, which addressed the scope of a state's criminal jurisdiction to prosecute non-Indian defendants in Indian country. Wednesday, September 26 at 3:00 pm […]
Dear Tribal Leader Letter Framing Paper BOP TLOA Pilot Program Original 2010 Referral Application You are invited to government-to-government consultations with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to discuss implementation of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Tribal Prisoner Program established in the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (VAWA 2022). The Program will allow […]
Dear Tribal Leader Letter Framing Paper BOP TLOA Pilot Program Original 2010 Referral Application You are invited to government-to-government consultations with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to discuss implementation of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Tribal Prisoner Program established in the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (VAWA 2022). The Program will allow […]
Dear Tribal Leader Letter Framing Paper On behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), you are invited to take part in the upcoming Consultation on the Tribal Set-Aside from the Crime Victims Fund (TVSSA) for Fiscal Year 2023. The Consultation on OVC’s administration of […]
Dear Tribal Leader Letter A listening session with the Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) and Office of Tribal Justice (OTJ), Department of Justice on civil affirmative litigation and environmental justice in support of Tribal homelands will be held at the Department of Justice, Great Hall on November 29, 2022 between 1:00 pm – 2:30 […]
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Tribal Youth National Conference offers opportunities for OJJDP-funded Tribal Youth Programs, Juvenile Healing to Wellness Courts, federally recognized tribes, as well as Tribal and non-Tribal youth-serving organizations to engage in tribal youth-specific dialogue. The event promotes peer learning opportunities and positive youth development prevention and intervention […]
Office of Violence Against Women Free Conference on Indigenous Sex Trafficking: In partnership with Tribal organizations, the Department of Justice Office of Violence Against Women is hosting the "2023 Strengthening Sovereign Responses to Sex Trafficking in Indian Country and Alaska" on January 24˗26 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The free conference will feature plenary sessions and […]
Due to technical difficulties with the last listening session, the Department of Interior has scheduled an additional listening session on January 25, 2023, at 4:00 PM Eastern. They have also posted recordings of the last two public listening sessions. Register for the next meeting or watch recordings of past meetings here: https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1335/events.htm Please note the […]
NAGPRA Listening Session Due to technical difficulties with the last listening session, the Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS) has scheduled an additional Listening Session on January 25, 2023, at 4:00 PM ET. To register for this Listening Session and view the past recordings, please click here. The comment deadline is January 31, […]
January 30 at 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Eastern Register by January 26 The National Indian Country Training Initiative of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is providing an online training opportunity called “A SANE Approach to Human Trafficking Cases” on January 30, 2023, from 2:00-4:00 PM ET. Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) are invaluable […]