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NAICJA staff met with the consultant, Amanda White Eagle, on September 8, 12, and 26 , 2023. On September 26, NAICJA conducted a webinar titled “Perpetual Punishment: Understanding and Addressing Collateral Consequences in Indian Country”. NAICJA is preparing a webinar summary.
TLPI staff, NAICJA staff and consultants collaborated to conducted a webinar “Tribal Healing to Wellness: Developing a Native Veterans Court” on Wednesday, November 14, 2023, to discuss HTWC models for veterans courts particularly the development of the Yurok Veterans Wellness Court.Veterans Webinar with TLPI "An Overview of Legal Issues and Support for Native American and Alaskan Native Veterans"
NAICJA presented on the Native Veterans Legal Assistance Project at the Tribal Nations Gathering on June 26, 2023.
Veterans Webinar with TLPI "An Overview of Legal Issues and Support for Native American and Alaskan Native Veterans"
Veterans Webinar Series
Coordinating Legal Services to Support American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans.
Veterans Webinar Series
Coordinating Legal Services to Support American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans.
Veterans Webinar Series
Coordinating Legal Services to Support American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans.
NAICJA staff & consultants presented at the HTWC Enhancement Training on September 26-27, 2022 on Developing Collaborative Models of Linking Healing Court Participants to Legal Services and Veterans' Outreach and Legal Assistance in Rural and Geographically Vast and Diverse Areas. Additionally, NAICJA moderated a Roundtable/Symposium session to discuss challenges/barriers and suggested legal service needs for AI/AN Veterans, and receive feed back on the Native Veterans project logo design.
Webinar Title: Native Veterans Project: Protecting those who Protected Us
The Native Veterans Project is a BJA-funded project on creating a veterans clinic in
Indian Country. There is limited access to legal assistance by low-income individuals,
including veterans, appearing in tribal courts. A tribal legal clinic model will focus on
and address the needs of Native American veterans as a high volume of requests from
veterans seeking solutions to their legal issues. The clinic will use medical-legal
Monthly meetings with the Veterans Project consultants and NAICJA staff for the development of the Veterans Project Curriculum.
