Responding to Violence in Tribal Communities Conference and Roundtable

February 24-26, 2025
Reno, Nevada

 

This conference is designed for tribal justice system officials to explore recent legal updates and strategies to improve responses to violent crime in tribal communities.

Topics:

• Criminal Jurisdiction & Legal Updates: Including VAWA special tribal criminal jurisdiction, and key cases like Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta and United States v. Cooley.
• Addressing Vicarious Trauma in tribal justice professionals.
• Community-Based Strategies for violence prevention and response.
• Data-Driven Approaches to violent crime.
• Coordinated Responses to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP).
• Building Capacity to combat drug trafficking.
• Post-Adjudication Supervision through tribal reentry and probation.

Roundtable discussions will focus on:

• Types of violence in tribal communities and related strategies, resources, and programs.
• Addressing unmet needs and improving collaboration in violent crime responses.

Who Should Attend?

Tribal leaders, judges, prosecutors, attorneys, probation officers, reentry providers, and other tribal justice system officials.

Stay tuned for more details!

Important Note: This event has not yet been approved by DOJ.