EXPLORE INNOVATIVE TRIBAL COURT SYSTEMS
guides & manuals
guides & manuals
This seven-video series weaves Native stories and cultural practices from across the Nation to show many of the ways children, families, and communities are healing from drug endangerment. These videos and the accompanying guide are intended to generate conversation and inspire communities to come together to develop, enhance, and share their own responses to these issues.
C3R9_DEC_Flipbook_FINAL 508.pdfAvailable to federally recognized American Indian tribes in the U.S. and typically managed by a Tribe’s government, tribal courts are designed to preserve a Tribal nation’s sovereign right to create and enforce their own laws to govern themselves. While tribal sovereignty predates the United States and its Constitution, Public Law 280 enacted by Congress in 1953 allows specific states, including Minnesota, jurisdiction over criminal and civil activities in Indian Country.
C3R8_Wahwassuck-2009-Juvenile_and_Family_Court_Journal.pdfSample policy and procedure manual for Wellness Court from the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Tribal Court and Superior Court of El Dorado County.
C3R20_FWC_Manual.pdfGuide for developing joint jurisdiction wellness courts, authored by the founders of the first joint jurisdiction wellness courts in the nation.
C3R22)TEAM-Manual.pdf