Honoring Our Sisters: Rethinking Tribal Court Jurisdiction

by calindian-admin | Jul 19, 2021 | For Tribes or Tribal Orgs, MMIWP, Tribal Justice, Truth & Healing, Uncategorized

By Mark Vezzola, CILS Escondido office Directing Attorney This event originally aired on July, 15, 2021. About the Program Please join us for a presentation on the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women movement underway throughout the United States and Canada. Topics...

Supreme Court Ruling Confirms Tribal Inherent Authority and Makes Tribal Communities Safer

by calindian-admin | Jun 3, 2021 | Protect Tribal Sovereignty, Tribal Justice

By Dorothy Alther, CILS Executive Director On June 1, 2021, the Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, issued its ruling in U.S. v. Cooley finding that tribes have inherent authority to stop non-Indians on a right-of-way within the boundaries of an Indian reservation...

Historical Perspective: CILS’ Protection of Tribal Fishing Rights

by calindian-admin | May 28, 2021 | Culture Is Prevention, Tribal Justice

By Jay Petersen, CILS Sacramento office Senior Staff Attorney Over the years, CILS has played an important role in protecting Tribal fishing rights against large-scale irrigation, hydroelectric power, and surface water storage needs. In the 1980’s, California and the...

AB 1869 – Eliminating Criminal Adminstrative Fees

by calindian-admin | May 13, 2021 | Self-Help, Tribal Justice

This bill repeals the authority to collect many of these fees, among others. The bill makes the unpaid balance of these court-imposed costs unenforceable and uncollectible and requires any portion of a judgment imposing those costs to be vacated. If you qualify or...

Efforts at Justice for Missing and Murdered Native Women

by calindian-admin | Mar 25, 2021 | Tribal Justice

By Jedd Parr, CILS Sacramento office Directing Attorney Over the last several years, the prevalence of violence suffered by Native Americans, particularly at the hands of non-Indian perpetrators, has finally become more widely acknowledged.  Violence affects both men...

Tribal Courts in the Time of Covid

by calindian-admin | Jan 14, 2021 | About CILS, Special Benefits, Tribal Justice

Please join two of NCTCC’s esteemed judges, Hon. Abby Abinanti and Hon. Michelle Krieger, to learn about how their Tribal Courts have responded to COVID and how “virtual” sessions have become the new reality in the courts of Indian Country. This is...