Working With Tribal Communities
to End Sexual Violence:
Some Innovative Strategies
Claudia J. Bayliff
Project Attorney
National Judicial Education Program
Legal Momentum
NAICJA
October 2012
Topics Covered
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The Collaboration
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The Understanding Sexual Violence Program
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Lessons Learned
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Funding Resources
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The Collaboration
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Tulalip Tribal Court
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Chief Judge Theresa Pouley
Court Director Wendy Church
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Tulalip Tribes
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NJEP
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The Oregon Sexual Assault Task Force
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The Understanding Sexual Violence
Program
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Preparation
Faculty
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Chief Judge Theresa Pouley-Moderator
NJEP Faculty
Lynn Hecht Schafran
 Claudia J. Bayliff
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Professor Sarah Deer
Janine D’Anniballe, Ph.D.
Tulalip Tribes Faculty
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The Understanding Sexual Violence
Program
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Agenda (Two-Day Program)
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Violence Against Native Women
Trauma and Healing
Offenders
Intimate Partner Sexual Abuse
Jury Selection & Key Legal Issues
Accountability & Tribal Traditions
Tribal Community Resources
Tribal Capacity Building
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The Understanding Sexual Violence
Program
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Resource Materials
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Participants’ Notebook
Program materials
 Additional resources
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NJEP Materials
Sharing Our Stories of Survival: Native
Women Surviving Violence, edited by Sarah
Deer, Bonnie Clairmont, Carrie A. Martell, and
Maureen L. White Eagle (2008)
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Lessons Learned
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Participants’ high rates of victimization
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Allow processing time
Have resources available
Lots of preparation time required
Need to address capacity building
Need to provide resources
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Lessons Learned
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Keys to success:
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Tribal leadership
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Multidisciplinary participation
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Collaboration
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Funding Resources
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Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)
Grants for Tribal Courts
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Court Training and Improvements Program
Grants
Grants to Encourage Arrest
Rural Grants (if it meets rural eligibility
criteria)
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Funding Resources
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Other Office on Violence Against Women
(OVW) Grants
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Grants to Tribal Governments Program (if
program is incorporated into Tribal
government’s application)
Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation
(CTAS)
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Purpose Area 6: Sexual Assault
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Contact Information
Claudia J. Bayliff
Project Attorney
National Judicial Education Program
Legal Momentum
101 Lounsbury Place
Falls Church, VA 22046
(703) 532-1134
cjbayliff@cox.net
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