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Korey Wahwassuck is Associate Judge of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Tribal Court. The Leech Lake Reservation overlaps four counties in northern Minnesota—Cass, Itasca, Hubbard, and Beltrami. In 2006, Judge Wahwassuck teamed up with Cass County District Court Judge John Smith to create the first joint jurisdiction tribal-state court in the nation, the Leech Lake-Cass County Wellness Court. In 2007, Judge Wahwassuck and Itasca County District Court Judge John Hawkinson partnered to create a second joint jurisdiction court, the Leech Lake-Itasca County Wellness Court. Today, Judge Wahwassuck is working to establish a joint jurisdiction juvenile court with all four counties.
C3R33I_Wahwussuck.pdfVerbal Testimony Chief Judge Paul Day, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in regards to the S. 2205, the Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts Act (April 13, 2016).
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