and Victims' advocates.

Tribal court judges, often unknowingly, fill multiple
needs within tribal systems. First, they adjudicate
disputes. Second, they are the focal point of attacks, or
preservation of, sovereignty of tribes. The federal
system often in an off-hand manner assaults our tribal
adjudicatory processes as illustrated in U.S. Supreme
Court oral arguments and decisions. Third, we can
function as a tribal mechanism for institutionalizing our
culture, social structures and traditional processes,