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2002 Conference Agenda
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| Wednesday, December
4,
2002
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9:00 –
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4:30 pm |
Pre-Conference Institutes
(Separate registration required) |
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4:00 –
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9:00 pm |
On-Site Conference Registration
and Distribution of
Materials |
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7:00 –
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9:00 pm |
Conference Reception:
Sponsored by the San Miguel Band of Mission Indians
and the Tribal Law and Policy Institute
Cultural Exchange Performances:
Jasmine Pickner (Crow Creek Sioux)
Hoop Dancer
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Thursday, December 5,
2002
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7:00 –
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9:00 am |
On-Site Conference Registration
and Distribution of
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9:00 -
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9:30 am |
Emcee: The Honorable Abby Abinanti (Yurok)
Superior Court Commissioner, San Francisco, California
President, Board of Directors, Tribal Law and Policy Institute
Posting of Colors and Flags
29 Palms Band of Mission Indians Color Guard
Flag Song and Honor Song
Red Nation Singers
Invocation:
Ernie Morreo (Cahuilla)
Spiritual Leader, Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians
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9:30 -
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10:30 am |
Welcome:
Richard M. Milanovich
Chairman, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
Mary E. Belardo
Chairwoman, Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians
Maurice Lyons
Chairman, Morongo Band of Mission Indians
Will Kliendienst
Mayor, City of Palm Springs
The Honorable Daniel Inouye
United States Senator (Hawaii) (video welcome)
Chair, US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
The Honorable Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Northern Cheyenne)
United States Senator (Colorado) (video welcome and/or representative)
Vice-Chair US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
The Honorable Diane Feinstein
United States Senator (California) (video welcome)
Kyle Nayback, (Sault St. Marie Chippewa)
Deputy Director, Office of Tribal Justice, U.S. Department of Justice
Jonathan Raven
Director, Office of Victims Services, California Department of Justice
Olin Jones (Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Director, Office of Native American Affairs, California Attorney General’s Office
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10:30 -
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11:00 am |
Opening Keynote Address:
John W. Gillis
Director, Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
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11:00 - |
11:30 am |
Video Presentation
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Introduction: Juana Majel, (Pauma-Yuima Band of Luiseno Indians)
Executive Council Member, National Congress of American Indians
VIDEO: Victim Services: Promising Practices in Indian Country
Produced by Indayog Film Productions
Narrated by Tex C. Hall, “Red Tip Arrow” (Ihbudah Hishi)
Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation
President, National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
Featuring the following programs:
- Emmonak Women’s Shelter, Alaska
- Two Feathers Native American Family Services, California
- Wiconi Wawokiya, Inc., South Dakota
- Sault St. Marie Victim Assistance Program, Michigan
- Heart-to-Heart Child Advocacy Center, North Carolina
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11:30 - |
Noon |
Opening Cultural Address:
Manuel Hamilton
Chairperson, Ramona Band of Cahuilla Indians
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Noon -
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1:30 pm |
LUNCH (on your own) |
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3:00 pm |
Workshops
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Lori Varick, Ph.D.
Barbara Ramos |
Victim Notification Systems |
This presentation will discuss how automated victim notification systems work and share strengths, limitations and
adaptations based on experience with systems in rural Alaska.
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Blaine McIlwaine, MA |
Improving Law Enforcement Skills to Reduce Trauma to Victims |
This presentation will define "Interview vs. Interrogation" and how the law enforcement approach can lead to better outcomes for victims.
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Deborah Blossom
Kyle Prior |
Tribal Justice - Victims First: Holding Offenders Accountable |
Victims in our Native communities may go unheard and sometimes left of the justice process. This workshop will explore why
Tribal justice should be a healing process that frames
crime as an injury to victims, our communities, and even the offender.
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Rose Mary Shaw, M.A.
Larry Tackman
Frances Onstead
Marie Calica |
Successes of Victim Assistance in
Indian Country (VAIC) and Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Working
Group |
This workshop will bring different perspectives together regarding providing victims services in Indian Country. The state VOCA administrators will be represented by Larry Tackman who has developed a positive approach to providing funding for different tribes in New Mexico. Also, three different tribes which are geographically as well as culturally diverse will
describe how their programs provide services and how they contribute to the VAIC/VOCA working group.
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Michelle Chino, Ph.D.
Ada Pecos Melton |
Research Partnerships - the American Indian Crime Victimization Study |
This workshop will focus on ethical research in Indian communities, developing effective research partnerships, and present findings from a
twelve month criminal victimization study in one American Indian community in the Southwest.
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Denise R. Morris
Karen Lee, M.S.W. |
Alaska Native Women's Sexual Assault Committee -
a Model of Success in Community Collaboration to Prevent Native Victimization |
Workshop participants will learn how a coordinated community response to the issue of sexual assault victimization has been a successful model for Anchorage, Alaska.
(Repeat)
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| Beverly Wilkins |
Children Exposed to Violence: Integrating Cultural Approaches with Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Initiatives |
This workshop will address the myriad ways children are affected, physically, sexually and emotionally, from domestic violence in the home,
and will explore various ways the community can respond to domestic violence.
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| James Zion, J.D. |
Tribal Jurisdictional Issues |
This workshop will address a wide range of Tribal jurisdictional issues and problems with an emphasis upon practical tips concerning how victim advocates in Indian country can address these issues and problems.
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Sarah Deer, J.D.
Ed Reina |
Protecting Women Through Full
Faith and Credit |
This workshop is designed to provide basic education and information about the
Full Faith and Credit provisions in Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and how
they impact Tribal justice systems.
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| Jo Hally |
Stalking A-Z: Statistics,
Behaviors, Anti-Stalking Code, and Tips for Victims |
This workshop will provide participants with an overview of the dynamics of stalking crimes and the statistics relative to stalking in Native American communities.
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3:30 pm
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BREAK
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5:00 pm |
Workshops
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Dan Hally |
Dating Violence |
This presentation will provide current information on the problem of dating violence,
how to recognize signs of abusive behavior, a historical look at women in
society, date rape and date rape drugs, and dating safety information.
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Kevin Peniska, Sr. |
Discovering and Healing the Inner Child |
This workshop will acknowledge the existence of and learn to make contact with the inner child. It will cover personal healing from victimization and learning to assist others.
(Repeat)
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Stan Orchowsky, Ph.D.
Karen Griffiths
Stan Wolfe |
Collecting and Using Data on
Victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault |
The purpose of this workshop is to provide participants with a overview of the ways in which domestic violence and sexual assault data can be collected and will present information on the basic sources for these.
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Bob Chaney, Ph.D.
Cheryl Simpson
Mary Malchoff
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Critical Incident Stress Management - Innovations for First Responders to Victims in Tribal Communities |
This workshop includes an introduction to CISM - Critical Incident Stress Management, and identification of the unique concerns for First Responders and Victim Service workers who have a role or are connected to dealing with trauma, crisis and tragedy in Tribal communities.
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Blaine McIlwaine, MA
Leander Moris, Detective Navajo Nation |
Improving Law Enforcement Skills to Reduce Trauma to Victims: Child Sexual Abuse Investigation Process |
This presentation will cover the basic problems involved in the investigative phase and how to be more effective in child victim cases.
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Yvonne Peters
Kim Russell |
Breaking the Cycle: Bringing Back
Honor … Domestic Violence and Healing in Mohawk Area |
The workshop will focus on 1) the history of domestic violence in the Iroquois
Nation; 2) a personal story of the process of healing and honoring self and
others; 3) healing with laughter and support and; 4) various methods of healing.
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Lisa Thompson
Fran Flores
Beverly Wilkins
Regina Rosario
Andrew Romagnuolo
Renette Kroupa
Margret Henry-Hayes |
Promising Practices: Innovation in Child Advocacy Centers in Indian Country |
This workshop will showcase four different tribal Child Advocacy Centers and highlight specific innovations.
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Debra Stoe
Philip D. Propes
Tyler Lastiyano |
Technology Needs and Implementation
Issues in Indian Country |
This presentation will address three ongoing initiatives: 1) CIRCLE Technology Needs
Assessment; 2) Inter Tribal Integrated Justice Pilot Project, and; 3) Pueblo of Zuni: Addressing Technology and Victim Services.
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Shea Goodluck-Barnes
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Promising Practices: Earth Journey
Healing for Victims |
This workshop will show interdisciplinary approaches used for coordination and
enhancing healing as a promising practice for victims.
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Kalyn Free, J.D.
Detective
Michael Johnson |
Working WITH and not AGAINST Law
Enforcement |
This presentation will focus on the role each professional plays in the criminal
justice system as well as the role others in the medical and social services
should fulfill.
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9:30 pm |
Conference Dinner |
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Emcees:
Kevin Peniska, Sr. (Oglala Lakota)
Sam English (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe)
Cultural Exchange Performances:
Ernist Siva (Cahuilla/Serrano)
Cahuilla Bird Singers
Keynote Speaker:
Joy Harjo (Muscogee), Poet
“How We Became Human”
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Friday, December 6, 2002
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8:30 -
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10:00 am
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Workshops
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Diane Payne |
Steps to Developing Tribal Child Protection Teams |
This session will address how community and service provider involvement in a
Child Protection Team can make a big difference in the outcomes for abused
children, and how to start a CPT.
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George J. Mazza, J.D. |
Civil Rights Protections for American Indians in Federally Assisted Programs |
This workshop will include a discussion of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968; and the Victims of Crime Act.
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| Roe Bubar, J.D. |
Forensic Interview of Native Children in Sexual Abuse Cases |
Intermediate session for professionals who actually interview children: recent trends and issues.
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Colleen O'Brien, R.N.
M.S., SANE
Colleen James, R.N., SANE |
Promising Practices: Development of Rural Sexual Assault Response Teams - Part I |
This workshop will examine how rural areas remain underserved with economic and geographic impediments; it will discuss a model, using the SANE and developing a local multidisciplinary team.
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Francis Onstad
Shanny Augare |
Establishing and Developing an Elder Abuse Program |
This presentation will focus on starting and implementing a program to help
victims of elder crimes. Information will be shared on reporting crimes against
elders and example of
elder codes. Examples of elder cases will be given and how the advocate can
help.
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Yvonne Peters
Kim Russell |
Breaking the Cycle: Bringing Back Honor … Domestic Violence and Healing in Mohawk Area |
The workshop will focus on 1) the history of domestic violence in the Iroquois Nation; 2) a personal story of the process of healing and honoring self and others; 3) healing with laughter and support and; 4) various methods of healing.
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| Lois Dunston |
Repairing the Future -
Implications of Child Sexual Abuse |
This workshop will address the implications of child sexual abuse on treatment methodology and the role of mental health counseling within the Multidisciplinary Team.
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| Caralyn Holmes |
Violent Environments: Children's Issues (Section I -Trauma and the Developing Brain) |
This workshop will explore how experiences during the critical periods of brain development in infancy and early childhood organizes the brain system. Childhood trauma has the potential effect of influencing future functional capabilities of the child.
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Tom Heffelfinger, J.D.
Chris Chaney, J.D.
Camille Bennett, J.D.
Cliff Wardlaw, J.D. |
Assisting Victims by Breaking Down the Walls of Indian Country Criminal Jurisdiction |
This workshop, presented by representatives from United States Attorneys Offices, will cover the laws on criminal jurisdiction in Indian country as well as strategies used by tribal government to overcome jurisdictional barriers to improve public safety.
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Peggy Bird, J.D.
Eileen Hudson |
Starting a Nonprofit Native
Advocacy Organization |
As the lack of culturally sensitive services is one of the largest issues faced by victims in Indian country, this workshop can begin to provide the tools to Native communities for beginning their own services.
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Henry Thompson
Larry Tackman
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Crime Victim Compensation in
Indian Country |
This panel presentation will cover how each state is different from one
another as far as their physical location of operation, their decision
making, their processing and paying of claims. The majority of focus will be
on CA, NM, and AZ. programs.
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| Michael Williams |
Financial Strategies and Grant
Management, Part I |
This workshop presentation will address financial management training on the
life cycle of grant programs.
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10:30 pm
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BREAK |
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Noon
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Workshops
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Beverly Wilkins
Teresa Cain |
Introduction to Child Advocacy Centers - Recent Trends and Developments |
Highlight the Child Advocacy Center (CAC) model for Indian Country and Alaska Native communities using
National Association of Child Advocate's (NACA) CAC curriculum developed specifically for
Tribal communities.
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Denise R. Morris
Karen Lee, M.S.W.
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Alaska Native Women's Sexual Assault Committee - a Model of Success in Community Collaboration to Prevent Native Victimization |
Workshop participants will learn how a coordinated community response to the issue of sexual assault victimization has been a successful model for Anchorage, Alaska.
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Blaine McIlwaine, MA
Leaner
Morris, Detective Navajo Nation |
Improving Law Enforcement Skills to Reduce Trauma to Victims: Child Sexual Abuse Investigation Process |
This presentation will cover the basic problems involved in the investigative phase and how to be more effective in child victim cases.
(Repeat)
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Colleen O'Brien, R.N.
M.S., SANE
Coleen James, R.N., SANE |
Promising Practices: Development of Rural Sexual Assault Response Teams - Part II |
This working group session will identify obstacles in the process of developing a community based program that will serve the diverse needs of the victims.
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Phillip May, Ph.D.
J. Philip
Gossage, Ph.D. |
Reducing the Harm of Alcohol
Related Motor Vehicle Crashes and Interpersonal Violence - Data from Adult Arrestees in Two American Indian Communities |
This workshop will focus primarily on two sets of issues, driving while intoxicated (DWI) and interpersonal violence, and their impact on families and
communities.
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| Gwen Cordova |
Strategies for Victim Services:
Grief and Healing |
This presentation will explore awareness and importance of grieving and therefore healing for victims and their families in
Native American and Alaska Native communities.
(Repeat)
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Regina Rosario
Lois Dunston |
Promising Practices: Eastern
Cherokee's Heart to Heart Child Advocacy Center |
This presentation features Eastern Cherokee Children's Advocacy Center and how they have
built a long standing, sustainable program.
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Angela Moore-Parmley, Ph.D.
Lila George
Peggy Bird
Roe Bubar, J.D. |
Intervention and Prevention of
Violence Against Indian Women - Panel |
This panel will address institutional actions that promote the safety of
battered Native American women and their children and explore those actions that
make Native American women and their children more vulnerable to violence.
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Sarah Deer, J.D.
Ed Reina |
Protecting Women Through Full
Faith and Credit |
This workshop is designed to provide basic education and information about the
Full Faith and Credit provisions in Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and how they impact Tribal justice systems.
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Kayln Free, Ph.D.
Detective
Michael Johnson |
Prosecution Skills to Improve Outcomes for Victims: Evidence Based
Prosecution - Training on Hearsay, Report Writing and Documentation |
This presentation will train law enforcement, medical professionals, victims advocates, and prosecutors - the audience will benefit from learning about the prosecution and law enforcement perspectives simultaneously.
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Babette Sandman
Sandra Witherspoon
Skip Sandman
John Witherspoon
Mimi Sa, Psy.D., L.P. |
Spiritual Abuse: An Invisible Crime |
This workshop will focus on healing for victims of perpetrators who choose to use their gift, or pose as, Traditional Healers, Pipe Carriers, Sweat Lodge Keepers, Spiritual Advisors, and others using "traditional" ways to groom their victims for sexual abuse/sexual exploitation.
(Repeat)
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| Michael Williams |
Financial Strategies and Grant
Management, Part II |
This workshop is a continuation of workshop C12 and will address financial management training on the life cycle
of grant programs.
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1:30 pm |
Conference
Luncheon
Emcee:
Honorable Joseph Flies-Away
Cultural Exchange Performance:
Carlos Reynosa (Yaqui/Cherokee), Flutist
Keynote Speaker:
Diane E. Benson (Tlingit) performing artist, playwright, poet, and
community activist
“From Victim to Activism:
Rising Above the Hurt ”
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3:00 pm
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Workshops
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Lori Varick, Ph.D.
Barbara Ramos |
Victim Services Promising Practices: Victim Safety and Offender Reentry - Part I |
Department of corrections model in Alaska to address victim safety in rural communities. Innovative strategies and risk management team development will be presented to address victim safety when offenders return to the community.
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Jo Hally
David Hally
Robin H. Thompson
Dan Hally
Gina Gavaris, M.C., C.P.C. |
Round Table - Fatality Reviews for Adult Domestic Violence Homicide |
This workshop will provide an opportunity to discuss the unique issues and obstacles to conducting an effective domestic violence fatality review in Indian country. The discussion will include exploration of cultural and legal issues.
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| Jane Powers, RN, SANE |
Child Abuse, Telemedicine, and
Indian Health Services |
This workshop will describe the collaborative effort of the Office for
Victims of Crime and Indian Health Service to
improve training, services and resources for child abuse victims.
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Carole Goldberg, J.D.
Duane Champagne, Ph.D.
Jerry Gardner, J.D. |
Project Peacemaker: Addressing
Victims issues through Tribal College Legal Studies Programs |
This workshop will provide an overview of a Tribal College Legal Studies Initiative (Project Peacemaker) and examine ways in which educational opportunities concerning victims issues can be institutionalized at tribal colleges through this program.
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Victoria Ybanez
Arlene White |
Advocacy for Safety and Shelter in
Indian Country |
This workshop will specifically focus on strategies for providing shelter and safety to victims of sexual assault and domestic violence in Indian Country.
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| Blaine McIlwaine, MA |
Improving Law Enforcement Skills to Reduce Trauma to Victims: Doing Better Interviews of Sexual Assault Victims |
This presentation deals with an effective method of developing rapport with a victim and obtaining information with the goal of establishing enough information to develop a "profile" of the
offender.
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Lisa Thompson
Terry Roy
Renette
Kroupa |
Strengthening Indian Nations in Providing Services to Native Child Abuse Victims Through the Child Advocacy Center Model |
This workshop will focus on how the Children's SAFE Place was developed out of the domestic violence program; how to develop an interagency agreement for a Multidisciplinary Team, and how agencies can work together in providing services.
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| Caralyn Holmes |
Violent Environments: Children's Issues (Section II - Responses to Trauma) |
This workshop will explore how responses to the threat continuum (calm - terror) is controlled by different areas of the brain i.e. the more threatened, the more "primitive" becomes the style of thinking and behaving.
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| Terry Tafoya, Ph.D. |
Elder Abuse: The Respect of All |
Elder Abuse - mistreatment by family members of the traditionally treasured and honored members of the community who are precious
keepers of wisdom. A look at the complex realities of abuse, physical, emotional and sexual, from children to
elders.
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Kalyn Free, J.D.
Detective
Michael Johnson |
Working WITH and not AGAINST Law Enforcement |
This presentation will focus on the role each professional plays in the criminal justice system as well as the role others in the medical and social services should fulfill.
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Diane Payne
Cathy Sanders |
The Children's Justice Act: Partnerships
for Indian Communities Grant |
This session will provide an overview of currently funded projects and discuss
the scope of the grants. Current Children's Justice Act (CJA) grantees as well as those interested in the
grant will benefit from this presentation.
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Sharon Parisien
John Evans |
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) in Indian Country |
Presenters from Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Turtle Mountain (the first Native American chapter) and
National Victims Services will provide an overview of MADD's program
services and initiatives for Native American communities.
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3:30 pm
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BREAK
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5:00 pm
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Workshops
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Lori Varick, Ph.D.
Barbara Ramos |
Victim Services Promising Practices: Victim Safety and Offender Reentry
- Part II |
This session will address strategies to assist victims in developing safety plans as offenders are released. We will discuss developing community wraparound teams for victims.
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Terry Tafoya, Ph.D. |
Whose Turn is it to be Dragon? What Went Wrong (and right) in Community Collaboration and Victims Rights Advocacy |
Focus on challenges working effectively with various communities generating behavioral change. Examine how many existing approaches to working with ethnic/social groups may actually maintain the behaviors they seek to change.
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James Zion, J.D.
Elsie Redbird |
Keys to Healing: What we can learn from Traditional Medicine and Navajo Peacemaking
- Panel. |
This workshop is based upon a keynote paper from the Second International Conference on Therapeutic Jurisprudence, Navajo Therapeutic Jurisprudence (in publication in Touro Law Review).
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Shea Goodluck-Barnes
Michael Goodluck |
Breaking the Sacred Trust at the
Dawn of Life |
This session will provide food for thought on issues such as families, legacies, abuses, femininity/masculinity/sexuality, self identity, esteem, shame, oppression, multi generational trauma, historical trauma and lateral oppression.
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Winnie Reed
Angela
Moore Parmley, Ph.D.
Debra Stoe |
Crime and Justice Research and Evaluation on American Indian and Alaska Native Issues at the National Institute of Justice
(NIJ) |
In this workshop participants will learn about the National Institute of Justice
(NIJ) and its Crime and Justice Research and Evaluation on American Indians and Alaska Native Issues portfolio as well as learning about how to apply for NIJ grants.
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| Kevin Peniska, Sr. |
Discovering and Healing the Inner Child |
This workshop will acknowledge the existence of and learn to make contact with the inner child. It will cover personal healing from victimization and learning to assist others.
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Blaine McIlwaine, MA
Leander Morris, Detective Navajo Nation |
Interview of Children in Multiple
Victim Cases |
This presentation deals with the identification of victims once an allegation
has been made.
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Jerry Gardner, J.D.
Pat Sekaquaptewa, J.D.
Diane Payne |
Developing Tribal Children's Codes |
This presentation will discuss the first comprehensive draft of the model Tribal
Children's Code that the Tribal Law and Policy Institute staff and consultants
have been working on over the past year.
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Julie Johnston, J.D.
Amit Sen
Kimberly Woodard, J.D. |
Violence Against Indian Women
Grant Opportunities |
This workshop will work to inform STOP Violence Against Indian Women (VAIW)
grantees and potential applicants through discussions with Violence Against
Women Office (VAWO) staff about how this program works.
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| Regina Rosario |
Genesis: The Creation of a Child
Advocacy Center |
This workshop will focus on steps that must be taken to overcome the difficulties
in establishing a Tribal Child Advocacy Center.
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| Stormy Ogden |
The Prisonification of Indigenous
Women |
This workshop will explore how we, as tribal people, have the responsibility
to our imprisoned women to start the healing process while they are inside
and continue this upon their release to their communities.
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| Lori Jump |
Sault Ste. Marie
Victim Assistance in Indian Country (VAIC) Program |
This presentation will provide a brief history/profile of the Sault Ste.
Marie Victim Assistance in Indian Country (VAIC) program and will provide background on victim assistance
services.
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| Saturday, December 7,
2002
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8:00 -
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9:30 am
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Workshops
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Marla Big Boy, J.D.
Diane Payne |
Tribal Court Appointed Special Advocate Programs (CASA): A Safety Net for Children |
Tribal Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) programs offer a unique opportunity to assure that the needs of abused and neglected children involved in court proceedings are fully addressed. This session introduce Tribal CASA programs and what they can do for children.
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Carole Goldberg, J.D.
Hon. David Raasch
Kimberly Cluff, J.D. |
Tribal Jurisdictional Issues in Public Law 280 States |
This workshop will address tribal jurisdictional issues and problems involving Public Law 280 states with an emphasis upon
practical tips concerning how victim advocates in Indian country can address these issues and problems.
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| Blaine McIlwaine, MA |
Improving Law Enforcement Skills to Reduce Trauma To Victims |
This presentation will define "Interview vs. Interrogation" and how the law enforcement approach can lead to better outcomes for victims.
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Margaret Severson, Ph.D.
Christine W.
Duclos, Ph.D. |
Assessing Suicide and Risk Behaviors in an Incarcerated American Indian Population: Investigating Culturally Sensitive Risk Assessment Instruments and Procedures |
Descriptive, comparative, and narrative data addresses prevention of the victimization of the inmate and detention staff by suicide and or by emotional suffering and the consequent victimization of community members upon the untreated inmate's release.
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Babette Sandman
Sandra Witherspoon
John Witherspoon
Skip Sandman
Mimi Sa, Psy.D., L.P. |
Spiritual Abuse: An Invisible Crime
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This workshop will focus on healing for victims of perpetrators who choose to use their gift, or pose as, Traditional Healers, Pipe Carriers, Sweat Lodge Keepers, Spiritual Advisors, and others using "traditional" ways to groom their victims for sexual abuse/sexual exploitation.
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Christine Butler
Sandi Wilson |
Promising Practices: Navajo
Nations Victims Assistance Program |
This workshop will cover how we, as advocates, work with the victims to let
them know about their rights and how they are able to participate in the
judicial process and have a say in court.
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| Roe Bubar, J.D. |
Bi-lingual Issues in Forensic Interviews of Children: Identifying Strengths and Challenges |
This round table will focus on the feasibility and the rights of children to tell their story of alleged child abuse in their Native language.
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| Anne Seymour |
Supporting Victims Through Community Justice |
This interactive session will identify victims' major needs following a crime; discuss community justice practices that help meet those needs; and identify "partners" in community justice practices and programs.
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| Gwen Cordova |
Strategies for Victim Services: Grief and Healing |
This presentation will explore awareness and importance of grieving and therefore healing for victims and their families in
Native American and Alaska Native communities.
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Kalyn Free, J.D.
Detective
Michael Johnson |
Prosecution Skills to Improve Outcomes for Victims: Evidence Based
Prosecution - Training on Hearsay, Report Writing and Documentation |
This presentation will train law enforcement, medical professionals, victims advocates, and prosecutors - the audience will benefit from learning about the prosecution and law enforcement perspectives simultaneously.
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9:30 -
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10:00 am
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BREAK
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11:30 am
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Closing Plenary Session:
Emcee: The Honorable Abby Abinanti (Yurok)
Superior Court Commissioner, San Francisco, California
President, Board of Directors, Tribal Law and Policy Institute
Panel: How National Organizations are Expanding the Circle of Safety, Justice and Healing
Moderator: Ada Pecos Melton (Jemez Pueblo)
President, American Indian Development Associates, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM
Panelists:
Karen Artichoker (Oglala Lakota/HoChunk)
Sacred Circle / Cangleska, Inc.
Rapid City, SD
Marla Big Boy (Oglala Lakota)
Tribal Court Specialist, National Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
Association
Seattle, WA
Shay Bilchik
CEO, Child Welfare League of America
Washington, DC
Terry Cross (Seneca)
Executive Director, National Indian Child Welfare Association
Portland, OR
Tina Farrenkopf (Passamaquoddy)
Associate Director, National Tribal Justice Resource Center
Boulder, CO
Michael Kaiser
Director of Special Programs, National Center for Victims of Crime
Washington, DC
Gina McClard
Associate Director, National Crime Victim Law Institute
Portland, OR
Ed Reina (Pima/Maricopa)
Chief of Police, Yavapai-Prescott Tribal Law Enforcement Department & chair, Indian Country Law Enforcement Section, International Association of Chiefs of Police
Prescott, AZ
Tina Olson (Yaqui) and Jeremy Nevilles-Sorrell (Ojibwe)
Mending the Sacred Hoop
Duluth, MN
Beverly Wilkins (Muscogee Creek/Cherokee)
Native American Children’s Alliance
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Closing Keynote Address:
Tracy Henke, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of
Justice Programs (OJP), U.S. Department of Justice
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1:00 pm
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Closing Keynote Address and Ceremony:
Terry Tafoya Ph.D. (Taos/Warm Springs) –
“Unasking the Question and Other Tactics of Change: Sexual Abuse, Chemical Dependency and Juvenile Crime”
Closing Invocation
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Please Note: Although all of the above presenters have been invited, a few
have not yet confirmed their participation in the conference.
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