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Request Training and/or Technical Assistance

The Tribal Law and Policy Institute and project partners will approach training and technical assistance (TTA) in a holistic and culturally responsive way, understanding that each Tribe and its culture are unique. Cross discipline collaboration can help address the unique needs of American Indian/Alaska Native survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. This is where pairing lawyers and lay advocates with Tribal victim advocates can prove especially impactful for survivors on Tribal lands.

 

The target audience for this TTA may be experiencing challenges and barriers to better serve victims from Tribal lands such as lack of knowledge regarding culturally appropriate needs of victims, learning more tools for safety planning with victims as they access legal assistance, lack of understanding Tribal sovereignty and Tribes exercising criminal authority, not prioritizing the importance of protecting victim information (ex: confidentiality), lack of knowledge around the dynamics of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, dating violence such as motive for violence, why victim returns to abuser, needs of children who witness violence.​

Please share your training/technical assistance request with us and we will get back to you within 5 business days.

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Philosophy on how we work with Tribal Nations:

  • We recognize Tribal communities themselves are the source of cultural knowledge and legal authority through leaders, elders, and culture-bearers.

  • We believe that Tribal communities should control the design and form of their laws and the enhancement of their governmental institutions.

  • We believe that Tribal laws should be developed through a representative and inclusive community-based process.

  • We commit to designing “do-it-yourself” tools that can be tailored for the needs of particular Tribal communities rather than a “one size fits all” approach.

  • We commit to identifying and working with local consultants and those with expertise in the targeted communities.

  • We commit to working with those organizations that are willing to be accountable to Tribal nations and that support our mission.

  • We commit to making resources readily available in a variety of formats at the lowest cost possible.

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View all Tribal Law and Policy Institute's Philosophies here: https://www.home.tlpi.org/tlpi-philosophies

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