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 include:
- 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
Stay tuned for more details!
Important Note: This event has not yet been approved by DOJ
This project was supported by Grant No. 2019-IC-BX-K003 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the SMART Office. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.