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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tribal Healing to Wellness Court Team Members and Advocates,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Below find a link to an important survey concerning the perspectives and experiences of Native American attorneys put on by the National Native American Bar Association. We would sincerely appreciate it if you could forward to any Native attorneys on your team or in your court.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Also—best of luck and Creator speed to any teams, courts, and tribes putting the final touches on their CTAS grants this week.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Lauren<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>___________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Lauren van Schilfgaarde, Tribal Law Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.tribal-institute.org/lists/tlpi.htm">Tribal Law & Policy Institute</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>8235 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 211<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>West Hollywood, CA 90046<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Phone: (323) 650-5467 ~ Fax: (323) 650-8149<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:Lauren@tlpi.org">Lauren@tlpi.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>___________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Also, please visit: <a href="http://www.walkingoncommonground.org/">www.WalkingOnCommonGround.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Providing resources for Facilitating and Promoting Tribal-State-Federal Collaborations<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center id=stopSpelling></span></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in'><tr style='height:73.5pt'><td width=600 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0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=530 style='width:397.5pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in'><tr><td style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=530 style='width:397.5pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=530 style='width:397.5pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#262626'><br> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=530 style='width:397.5pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=530 style='width:397.5pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#262626'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="http://nativeamericanbar.org/" target="_blank"><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>WWW.NATIVEAMERICANBAR.ORG</span></i></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>SURVEY CLOSING ON APRIL 30! PLEASE TAKE PART IN HISTORIC SURVEY BEFORE APRIL 30!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>The National Native American Bar Association (NNABA), in conjunction with the research and consulting firm Nextions, has embarked upon a comprehensive research study designed to explore the perspectives and experiences of Native American attorneys. This research will result in the <b>first-of-its-kind study</b>, and the findings from this study will be used to develop educational materials and programming that will help improve the retention and advancement of Native American attorneys in every corner of the legal profession.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>A secure and confidential survey has been distributed and can be taken by any attorney that identifies as American Indian/Native Alaskan. If you have already filled out the survey, we thank you for your time! If you have not yet filled out the survey, please take the time to do so as soon as possible. <b>The survey can be taken at the link below and will be closing on April 30th, 2014.</b> We need your voice!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.surveymethods.com/EndUser.aspx?A185E9F0A7E4FCFAAA" target="_blank">http://www.surveymethods.com/EndUser.aspx?A185E9F0A7E4FCFAAA</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>If you would like the convenience of completing the above survey via telephone, you may do so in one of two ways:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-bottom:2.25pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>By contacting Nextions (312-922-0226) any Wednesday or Friday through the end of April between 10:00am-4:00pm CDT to be directed to someone who will facilitate the delivery and completion of the survey. Telephone surveys are completely confidential and should take no longer than 20 minutes to complete.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-bottom:2.25pt;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1;background:white'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>By contacting Nextions (312-922-0226) or Nextions' lead research associate, Jessica Shoemaker (<a href="mailto:jessica@nextions.com" target="_blank">jessica@nextions.com</a>) to schedule a telephone survey for any time, including nights and weekends. While scheduling a specific time to participate in a telephone survey will necessitate the need for you to share your contact information, your survey responses will remain completely confidential.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li></ol></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Nextions will also be conducting a series of individual telephone interviews.</span></b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> The goal of the interviews is to deepen our understanding of the survey data by adding a qualitative component to an already rich body of information. Interviews will take no longer than 30 minutes and are absolutely and completely confidential. To schedule an interview, please forward your name, contact info and 2-3 preferred interview times to Jessica Shoemaker (<a href="mailto:jessica@nextions.com" target="_blank">jessica@nextions.com</a> | 312-922-0226). <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;background:white'><b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Respondents are encouraged to participate in both the survey and interview process.</span></b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> If you have questions about either the survey or the interview process, please do not hesitate to reach out to Nextions (<a href="mailto:Jessica@nextions.com" target="_blank">Jessica@nextions.com</a> | 312.922.0226) or the National Native American Bar Association (<a href="mailto:adminassistant@nativeamericanbar.org">adminassistant@nativeamericanbar.org</a>). Thank you in advance for your thoughtful participation!</span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#262626'>For more information contact 480-727-0420 or visit </span><a href="http://nativeamericanbar.org/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.nativeamericanbar.org</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#262626'>. </span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><span style='color:#262626'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#262626'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in'><tr style='height:30.75pt'><td width=600 style='width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:30.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=600 height=41 id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://s88370901.onlinehome.us/graphics/_global/layout-gradient-bottom.jpg" alt="subtle gradient image"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:7.5pt'><td width=600 style='width:6.25in;background:#6B0F00;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:7.5pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:73.5pt'><td width=600 style='width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:73.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://nativeamericanbar.org/" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=600 height=98 id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://s88370901.onlinehome.us/graphics/nnaba-email-footer.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>