The focus of the session was to share practical steps to cultivate work between tribes and state agencies. This panel included both Tribal and State representatives who discussed strategies that center on collaborations between states and Tribes to provide alternatives to incarceration for justice involved youth. The panelists shared examples of state laws, agreements, and practices that enable them to identify youth who are Tribal members and work with Tribes to provide services and supports to detained and incarcerated youth. Panelists: Heather Valdez Freedman (Deputy Director, Tribal Law and Policy Institute), Amanda Swope (Director of Tribal Juvenile Justice Programs, Muscogee Creek Nation, OK),
Patti Buhl (Director of Juvenile Justice, Cherokee Nation), Laura Broyles (State Juvenile Justice Specialist, Office of Juvenile Affairs for the State of Oklahoma), Bridget Coppersmith (State Juvenile Justice Specialist, South Dakota Department of Corrections), Leslie Riggs (Tribal Liaison/Native American Program Coordinator, Oregon Youth Authority). There were 55 non-staff attendees.
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