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Request Training and/or Technical Assistance

The Tribal Law and Policy Institute and project partners 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, finding ways to prioritize 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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Philosophy on victimization in Tribal communities:

  • We believe victims of crime have inherent rights that should be honored and upheld by all governments.

  • We seek to empower victims of crime rather than pathologize their response to victimization.

  • We believe that Tribal communities have a long history of providing support and services to victims of crime, and contemporary responses should enhance these inherent strengths.

  • We endorse safety for victims, accountability for offenders, and accountability for governmental entities for prevention of offenses and the rehabilitation of offenders or the segregation of those offenders when that will protect the community.

  • We believe that all governments must be accountable for the safety of their citizens.

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Philosophy on gender-based crimes:

  • We believe there is a disproportionately high rate of violence committed against Native women.

  • We acknowledge that prior to colonization, women had revered and respected roles in Tribal communities.

  • We believe that colonization has had a disparate impact on women and has promoted violence against Native women.

  • We endorse the reclamation of traditional beliefs about the sacredness of women.

  • We believe that the response to violence against Native women must be framed within an empowerment model.

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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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