Welcome  9:00am - 9:10 am

with Jennifer Campbell, UDVC Executive Director

Workshop:  9:10 am - 12:00 pm       
Restoring Balance: Historical Trauma, Sovereignty, and the Path Toward Healing

with Darren Parry

This session explores how colonization and federal policies disrupted Indigenous family systems, governance, and cultural identities—creating lasting intergenerational trauma. Participants will learn how tribal sovereignty and Indigenous worldviews offer powerful frameworks for healing, resilience, and self-determination. Together, we’ll examine the connections between historical trauma, domestic and gender-based violence, and the pathways communities are creating to restore balance and reclaim cultural strength.

• Recognize how colonization and federal policies disrupted Indigenous family systems, governance, and cultural identities—and how these disruptions contribute to intergenerational trauma.

• Understand the concept of tribal sovereignty as both a political and cultural framework for healing and self-determination within Native communities.

• Identify the manifestations of historical and collective trauma in Native communities, especially in relation to domestic and gender-based violence.

• Explore pathways toward healing and resilience grounded in Indigenous worldviews, community connection, and cultural renewal.

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Lunch  break  12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Lunch: nourish and restore

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Workshop:  1:00 pm - 1:50 pm       
Restoring Balance: Historical Trauma, Sovereignty, and the Path Toward Healing

with Darren Parry

This session explores how colonization and federal policies disrupted Indigenous family systems, governance, and cultural identities—creating lasting intergenerational trauma. Participants will learn how tribal sovereignty and Indigenous worldviews offer powerful frameworks for healing, resilience, and self-determination. Together, we’ll examine the connections between historical trauma, domestic and gender-based violence, and the pathways communities are creating to restore balance and reclaim cultural strength.

• Recognize how colonization and federal policies disrupted Indigenous family systems, governance, and cultural identities—and how these disruptions contribute to intergenerational trauma.

• Understand the concept of tribal sovereignty as both a political and cultural framework for healing and self-determination within Native communities.

• Identify the manifestations of historical and collective trauma in Native communities, especially in relation to domestic and gender-based violence.

• Explore pathways toward healing and resilience grounded in Indigenous worldviews, community connection, and cultural renewal.

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Workshop:  2:00 pm - 2:50 pm       
Pathways to Safety: Confronting Bias, Privilege, and Oppression in Partnership with Indigenous Communities
with Lynnette GreyBull

This presentation examines the factors that influence Indigenous peoples’ experiences when seeking justice, safety, and healing, including historical and systemic challenges that affect access to services and support. Through lived experience and professional expertise, Lynnette Grey Bull illuminates the barriers created by well-intentioned systems that often silence Native voices or exclude traditional knowledge. Participants will learn to recognize areas for growth in their own practice, build awareness of how personal and professional perspectives shape their work, and engage in collaboration that honors Indigenous leadership and culturally grounded approaches to safety.

Objectives

• Examine how bias and privilege impact collaboration and trust between service systems and Indigenous communities.

• Understand how historical and ongoing oppression informs the modern realities of violence and safety for Native peoples.

• Identify actionable strategies for allyship, equitable partnership, and culturally grounded approaches to safety and healing.

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Workshop:  3:00 pm - 4:50 pm       
Cultural Humility, One Step Towards Indigenous Cultural Safety 

Lillian Tsosie-Jensen, Artist, Activist, Writer, Sundancer, and Piper Carrier

This session will emphasize an ongoing, lifelong process of learning and self-reflection rather than a single event. The session is structured around several core principles of self-reflective practice, building knowledge, appropriate practice, creating safe experiences, and person-led care.

Objectives

• Applying cultural humility

• Best practices for serving Indigenous survivors

• Types of culturally grounded healing practices

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Closing  4:50pm - 5:00 pm

Welcome  9:00am - 9:10 am

with Abi Taylor, UDVC Board 

Workshop:  9:10 am - 10:30 am       
Bridging the Gap: Strengthening Protection for Native Survivors 

with Jolene Holgate

This presentation will explore protection orders as they apply to Native American citizens living both in tribal homelands and urban areas. Protection orders serve as a crucial safeguard for victims, creating a necessary barrier between them and their abusers. At the same time, there are important nuances to understand and recognize. We will highlight why protection orders matter and how they can provide a pathway to safety.

Objectives

• Illustrate how history and current issues have created distrust of the system

• Discuss why protection orders on and off the reservation are important, understand the dynamics, and understanding Full Faith and Credit

• Encourage ways to work with survivors when it relates to filing for a protection order

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Workshop:  10:40 am - 12:00 pm       
Protective Orders & Full Faith and Credit: Enforcement and Access for Indigenous Survivors 

with Sarah Hur, Esq., Deputy Director, National Restraining Order Center, Battered Women's Justice Project & Jordan Ferguson, Consultant and Trainer

This session, presented by Sarah Hur, Esq. (Deputy Director, National Restraining Order Center) and Sgt. Jordan Ferguson (Ret.), examines the enforcement of protective orders across jurisdictions with a focus on Indigenous survivors. It explores the federal Full Faith and Credit provision under the Violence Against Women Act and how it applies to state, tribal, and military protective orders. The presentation also reviews Utah’s enabling legislation and procedures for recognizing and enforcing foreign and tribal protective orders. Through interactive polling questions and practical examples, participants will strengthen their understanding of jurisdiction, due process, and enforcement challenges that impact survivor safety and access to justice.

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Lunch  break  12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Lunch: Nourish and Restore

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Panel Discussion:  1:00 pm - 3:00 pm       
Access and Enforcement of Protection Orders for Indigenous Survivors of Domestic Violence
Featuring Panelists: 

• Gina Lopez, Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault

• Dwight Francisco, Native American Cultural Consultant

• Lt. Charlie Taylor, Utah Highway Patrol

• Hon. Steve Aycock

This panel discussion brings together leaders in advocacy, law enforcement, and tribal justice to explore the barriers and opportunities in supporting Indigenous survivors of violence. Panelists will share on-the-ground perspectives about jurisdictional challenges, protective order enforcement, and the role of cultural humility in survivor-centered practice. Together, they’ll identify practical, community-driven strategies to strengthen collaboration and enhance safety across tribal, state, and rural systems. This closing session will highlight both the complexity and promise of cross-system collaboration—inviting attendees to consider practical, community-driven paths toward safety and justice for Indigenous survivors.

Objectives

• Understand the barriers to enforcement of foreign protective orders

• Understand how a foreign protective order can be enforced across systems

• Understand the complexities related to foreign protective orders

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Closing  3:00pm - 3:15 pm

Thank you for joining us!