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This survey acts as the baseline of information about the vast amount of work being done in Indian country, and greatly informs Congress, including on budgetary decisions. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><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'>Sincerely,<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'>The Tribal Law and Policy Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id=rootDiv><p class=MsoNormal><img width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://r20.rs6.net/on.jsp?ca=d33219c4-4e89-4daf-beb9-bd0a835346a9&a=1110759862162&d=1121028998415&r=3&o=http://ui.constantcontact.com/images/p1x1.gif&c=570e4de0-7832-11e3-ba8a-d4ae52754dbc&ch=58c8a810-7832-11e3-ba92-d4ae52754dbc"><o:p></o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#E1D4CA;ih-name:;background-position-x:50%;background-position-y:0%'><tr style='height:37.5pt'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:37.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal><img width=1 height=36 id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/spacer.gif"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #ccc'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;background:white;border:solid #E1D4CA 6.0pt;display:table' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK2"><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #ccc'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#158FA6;letter-spacing:.75pt'><img width=599 height=127 id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://www.naicja.org/email/images/an_header.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#158FA6;letter-spacing:.75pt'><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001f7mhGz_n6g0y6OeMPzVj2xbuX5dnELkYeter2bbuhp8L0zuVSN1RPRhJO2GbC_TTNda9Qj-AzA-8qGIug3LjrqA8vWtmQJFyVRWu4_pZFyg3FLnecProI1WMDBvb53XJKAGzjTi61r-8JYLNq2UnFmLXvCb-l3hLPNnkaNq_lyo=&c=aJKlRbTwFj4x_HRS3tc8GKxU95vycipj2T0oPCjWx4UZPhCkJcYmuw==&ch=8-AvQFoO3mF6xODkkspssOcx9SJkasfwdVqk-KJkczX4ppcCGFkrXw==" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#158FA6;text-decoration:none'>www.naicja.org</span></a> <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001f7mhGz_n6g0y6OeMPzVj2xbuX5dnELkYeter2bbuhp8L0zuVSN1RPRhJO2GbC_TTbsjIGd6GxeBro46kBzsN241FjS6b6_QA9xXfsNjLeReA4l6BmBizcCWrlEW-5ZLKeVhg3Wd_bpIJPlSZhbY-02a4PkfsvNVErmRZl1pr-JTvmPgdvDYoOQ==&c=aJKlRbTwFj4x_HRS3tc8GKxU95vycipj2T0oPCjWx4UZPhCkJcYmuw==&ch=8-AvQFoO3mF6xODkkspssOcx9SJkasfwdVqk-KJkczX4ppcCGFkrXw==" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=22 height=17 id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://www.naicja.org/email/images/fb.jpg"></span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;display:table' id="content_LETTER.BLOCK11"><tr><td style='padding:18.75pt 18.75pt 18.75pt 18.75pt'><p class=titles align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #ccc'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#158FA6;letter-spacing:.75pt'>2014 National Survey of Tribal Court Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#361C1B'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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Funding levels for tribal courts nationally will be determined by the information collected. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#361C1B'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#361C1B'>The deadline for submitting your completed Survey is <strong><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Monday, May 18, 2015. </span></u></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#361C1B'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#361C1B'>The Survey has already been mailed to approximately 500 American Indian and Alaska Native tribal leaders and tribal courts. If you did not receive a survey, you may download it here: <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001f7mhGz_n6g0y6OeMPzVj2xbuX5dnELkYeter2bbuhp8L0zuVSN1RPUr_7DEHvr_EDA0fHQ9_3o8BiQ5GILDBEoDesx15p9e_i7XvfQjof7wjKVWV8zxV6bdsRbdYFQ-zCCYy3t2gCTIssrstJPSczsVrweI4_IZlxG9aPknq6iISYepmmctelG8U8PEnW4Eib6IkkRi7-LQ=&c=aJKlRbTwFj4x_HRS3tc8GKxU95vycipj2T0oPCjWx4UZPhCkJcYmuw==&ch=8-AvQFoO3mF6xODkkspssOcx9SJkasfwdVqk-KJkczX4ppcCGFkrXw==" target="_blank"><span style='color:#158FA6'>https://www.tribalcourtsurvey.org/survey/</span></a>. Your responses will not identify your tribal court or tribe. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#361C1B'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#361C1B'>It can be submitted in one of three ways: </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#361C1B'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#361C1B'>Mail:</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#361C1B'> NSTCS, c/o Kauffman & Associates, Inc., P.O. 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