Tribal Court Forums and Mailing Lists

This page has descriptions of The Tribal Court Clearinghouse Message Forum and links to Other Message Forums and Mailing Lists that may be of interest to Tribal Court personnel. The Tribal Court Message Forum will give you the opportunity to share your ideas with other people working in tribal courts across the country.

Current Forums

The Tribal Court Message Forum is an open discussion forum on general topics related to Tribal Courts. Post a question or comment and check back for an answer or answer a question for another user. You may also search the database of questions and comments that have been posted and previously answered.

Other Forums

The National Tribal Justice Resource Center has a Talking Circle Message Forum and numerous Mailing Lists.

People working in Tribal Court CASA Programs will be interested in CASA's Discussion Forums.

Mailing Lists

Mailing lists can be an excellent vehicle for sharing information and for establishing ties with other people living and working in Indian Country. Subscribing to a mailing list is a way of having a group discussion by electronic mail. A mailing list is very much like a conference on a bulletin board system, except the conversation comes to you in your e-mail box. Each time you or any member of the list posts a reply to the conversation, it is distributed to the e-mail box of every member of the list. Mailing lists are the most basic form of Internet conferencing. They can be public or private and, unlike Usenet newsgroups, which require additional software to run, all you need to participate is an e-mail address. Be forewarned, however, that some popular lists generate large volumes of mail and you could find your e-mail's In Box stuffed with dozens of messages each day.

The Tribal Law & Policy Institute has established a Tribal RFP (Request for Proposal) mailing list. To subscribe to the list, send the following message to:

imailsrv@tribal-institute.org
subscribe RFPlistserve your_name
(example: subscribe RFPlistserve Jane_Doe)

TLPIWellness-crts@tribal-institute.org (Tribal Healing to Wellness Court mailing list)

General discussion on topics pertaining to Tribal Drugs Courts. To subscribe send the following message to:
imailsrv@tribal-institute.org
subscribe TLPIWellness-crts your_name
(example: subscribe TLPIWellness-crts Jane_Doe)

Click here to sign up for the REAL JUSTICE Mailing List

ITGC@listserv.arizona.edu (InterTribal Government Council).

General discussion of issues facing tribal governments. Before you subscribe to this list you may browse the InterTribal Government Council's message archive.
To subscribe send the following message to
listserv@listserv.arizona.edu
SUB ITGC Your Full Name
(example:  SUB ITGC Mary Doe)

JUSTINFO, an electronic newsletter published the 1st and 15th of each month, highlights resources from the US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs,  and the Office of National Drug Control Policy. JUSTINFO is organized by topic with notations about the type of resources.

To subscribe to this newsletter go to http://virlib.ncjrs.org/JUSTINFO.asp or send the following message to listproc@ncjrs.org (with no subject line):
subscribe justinfo youremailaddress yourname
(e.g., subscribe justinfo jdoe@hotmail.com John Doe)

TRIBALGOV@listserv.arizona.edu (Indigenous Tribal Government Workgroup).

General discussion of legal issues facing Native Americans with a focus on tribal governments. Before you subscribe to this list you may browse the Indigenous Tribal Government Workgroup's message archives.
To subscribe send the following message to
listserv@listserv.arizona.edu
SUB TRIBALGOV Your Full Name
(example:  SUB TRIBALGOV Mary Doe)

TRIBALLAW@listserv@niec.net (Tribal Law).

General discussion of the laws and policy that affect Native Americans on the North American continent - Canada and the United States; including tribal, state, and federal court decisions, Indian public policy, social services, and legal history; indigenous, aboriginal, First Peoples.
To subscribe send the following message to listserv@listserv@niec.net
subscribe triballaw Firstname Lastname
(example:  subscribe triballaw Mary Doe)

TRIBALCT@list.uiowa.edu (Tribal Court Mailing List).

General discussion of issues surrounding the administration of tribal law in tribal courts.
To subscribe send the following message to TRIBALCT@list.uiowa.edu
and include in the message text on separate lines the following:
line 1-     subscribe
line 2-     end

The National American Indian Court Judges Association has established the NAICJA List Server (Mailing List) exclusively for active tribal judges to facilitate electronic announcements by NAICJA and confidential interchanges among tribal judges about pending matters or other sensitive subjects.

• The NAICJA Listserv has recently moved from the University of Iowa to the National Tribal Justice Resource Center. Please note the following changes when sending mail or changing account settings on the NAICJA listserv:
• To Subscribe to the NAICJA listserv send an email to NAICJA@TribalResourceCenter.org. In the Subject line enter SUBSCRIBE.
• To Send mail to the NAICJA Listserv send email to NAICJA-List@TribalResourceCenter.org. This will send your message to all members of the NAICJA Listserv.
• To Unsubscribe to the NAICJA Listserv send an email to NAICJA@TribalResourceCenter.org. In the Subject line enter UNSUBSCRIBE.
• The NAICJA Listserv archives will soon be Published Online.

If you have any questions about the changeover or using the new system, please email naicja-owner@tribalresourcecenter.org