Upcoming Webinar: “Adjudicating Major Crimes in Tribal Courts” with Ft. Peck

The Honorable Stacie FourStar is an enrolled member of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes; of Lakota, Nakoda and Hidatsa decent. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of North Dakota School of Law, with a certificate of specialization in Indian Law. She has served as a prosecutor for the Fort Peck Tribes, an Associate Judge, and currently holds the office of Chief Judge for the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes since 2015.  

She presides over all cases of general jurisdiction. She serves as the judge for special tribal criminal jurisdiction under VAWA 2022, and for the Family Healing to Wellness Court (drug court). She also oversees the Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court, DUI Court and Truancy Court. She strives to utilize sentencing alternatives working toward rehabilitation, and to provide direct services from the Court. She strives to build and reinforce relationships with other tribal, state and federal entities while upholding the sovereignty of the Tribes.  

The Honorable Stacie FourStar is the President of the Northern Plains Tribal Judges Association and the Montana Wyoming Tribal Judges Association. She serves as a representative with the National American Indian Court Judges Association. She is appointed to the Access to Justice Commission under the Supreme Court of Montana. She is also appointed to the Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force, the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Person Review Commission and the Native American Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team under the Attorney General for the State of Montana. She is a recipient of Montana’s prestigious Karla M. Gray Equal Justice Award for her work. She is certified as an instructor by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and the National Judicial College.

Germaine Jackson serves as the Court Operations Analyst and Terminal Agency Coordinator Point of Contact for the Fort Peck Tribal Court. He is a combat veteran and graduated from Montana State University – Northern in 2020 with a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. Prior to going to college, he served as a Police Officer with the Fort Peck Tribes Department of Law and Justice. Since 2020, Germaine assisted the Fort Peck Tribal court with the implementation of Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction (VAWA 2022), and currently manages various criminal and non-criminal justice users for the Fort Peck Tribes Tribal Access Program.