Tribal, State and County Relations

Tribal, State and County Relations:

Coordinating Jurisdictions for Safer Shared Communities

2015 National Congress of American Indians Annual Convention Pre-Meeting

The following is a list of resources for further learning about key topics discussed at the “Tribal, State and County Relations: Coordinating Jurisdictions for Safer Shared Communities” session held at NCAI’s 2015 Annual Convention in San Diego, California.

RESOURCES FOR FURTHER LEARNING:

Law Enforcement and Public Safety:

Crime-Reduction Best Practices Handbook: Making Indian Communities Safe

http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/xojs/documents/text/idc-018678.pdf

National Association of Counties: Safe and Secure Counties Initiative

http://www.naco.org/sites/default/files/attachments/SafeandSecure-OnePager_07.27.pdf

Riverside County Sheriff Department Tribal Liaison Unit

http://www.riversidesheriff.org/tlu/

Chief William Denke: Written Testimony before the Indian Law and Order Commission, 02-16-2012

http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/iloc/resources/documents/bd-testimony-inidan-lando-commision-final.pdf

Swinomish Police Department

http://swinomishpolice.org/sitc/

North Dakota Committee on Tribal and State Court Affairs

http://www.nd.gov/indianaffairs/?id=43

NCAI: Tribal Implementation of VAWA (Resource Center)

http://www.ncai.org/tribal-vawa

NCAI: VAWA: A Call to Action (Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urPZyc-qACY

NCAI: Tribal VAWA: Much Remains Undone (Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xydojLiNoTU

Indian Child Welfare:

National Indian Child Welfare Association

http://www.nicwa.org/

Sarah Kastelic: Enforcing the Indian Child Welfare Act to Protect Native Children

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGjywsomOzE

California Department of Social Services ICWA Child Safety Unit

http://www.childsworld.ca.gov/pg1322.htm

Indian Child Welfare Gateway: Tribal-State Relations

https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/issue-briefs/tribal-state/

Attorney General’s Advisory Committee on American Indian/Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence: Ending Violence so Children Can Thrive

https://www.washingtonpost.com/r/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/11/17/National-Security/Graphics/Report_re5.pdf

Honoring Nations report: Fond du Lac Off-Reservation Indian Foster Care

https://nnidatabase.org/db/attachments/text/honoring_nations/1999_HN_Fond_Du_Lac_off_reservation_indian_foster_care.pdf

Emergency Preparedness and Response:

NCAI: Emergency Management

http://www.ncai.org/policy-issues/tribal-governance/emergency-management

Inter Tribal Long Term Recovery Foundation: Resources

http://www.itltrf.org/#!resources/c8k2

Other Resources of Interest

General Resources:

Government to Government Models of Cooperation between States and Tribes

http://www.ncai.org/policy-issues/tribal-governance/state-tribal-relations/Govt_to_Govt_Models_of_Cooperation_Between_States_and_Tribes_2002.pdf

NCAI Tribal-State Relations and Collaboration Projects

http://www.ncai.org/policy-issues/tribal-governance/state-tribal-relations

National Caucus of Native American State Legislators

http://www.ncsl.org/research/state-tribal-institute/national-caucus-native-american-state-legislators.aspx

Walking on Common Ground: Resources for Promoting and Facilitating Tribal-State-Federal Collaborations

https://www.walkingoncommonground.org/promising-strategies.cfm

Walking on Common Ground: Tribal-State Forums

https://www.walkingoncommonground.org/state.cfm?topic=6

Indigenous Governance Database (use search term “nation-owned enterprises”)

https://nnidatabase.org/

The Commission on State-Tribal Relations: Enduring Lessons in the Modern State-Tribal Relationship

https://turtletalk.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/cstr-article-final.pdf

Native Voice Network website

http://nativevoicenetwork.nationbuilder.com

Examples of Collaboration:

Honoring Nations report: Chippewa Flowage Joint Agency Management Plan

https://nnidatabase.org/db/attachments/text/honoring_nations/2003_HN_Chippewa_flowage_joint_agency_mngt_plan.pdf

Honoring Nations report: Coeur d’Alene Tribal Wellness Center

https://nnidatabase.org/db/attachments/text/honoring_nations/2000_HN_Coeur_dAlene_tribal_wellness_center.pdf

Honoring Nations report: Flandreau Police Department

https://nnidatabase.org/db/attachments/text/honoring_nations/2005_HN_Flandreau_police_dept.pdf

Honoring Nations: Ken James: The Flandreau Police Department (2007)

https://nnidatabase.org/video/honoring-nations-ken-james-flandreau-police-department-2007

Honoring Nations report: Swinomish Cooperative Land Use Program

https://nnidatabase.org/db/attachments/text/honoring_nations/2000_HN_Swinomish_cooperative_land_use_program.pdf

Brian Cladoosby: The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community's Approach to Governance and Intergovernmental Relations

https://nnidatabase.org/video/brian-cladoosby-swinomish-indian-tribal-communitys-approach-governance-and-intergovernmental-r

The Press Enterprise: Morongo tribe gets vote on transportation, environmental panel

http://www.pe.com/articles/tribe-780198-indians-council.html