Engaging Indian Country in Detention Reform JDAI Intersite Conference

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Engaging Indian Country in Detention ReformJDAI
Inter-site Conference

• Thursday, November 30, 2006
• New Orleans, LA

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The transference or transmutation of values lies
at the heart of problems in Indian country. And
Indian country is an affectionate term for the
whole earth the land, mother earth, father sky,
the four grandfather winds, the grandmother moon
and her seeds that give us life. To forget or
ignore basic Indian values, traditional values,
human values, natural law is a
crime.Karoniaktatie(Alex Jacobs)Mohawk, 1989
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Native Youth in Pima County
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Elders have said

• From the time the Indian first set foot upon
  this continent, he centered his life in the
  natural world. He is deeply invested in the
  earth, committed to it both in his consciousness
  and in his instinct. To him the sense of place is
  paramount. Only in reference to the earth can he
  persist in his true identity.
• N. Scott Momaday
• Kiowa, 1974
• We have to look at the way we were in the past,
  hang on to it in our hearts and at the same time
  change, accept were always changing to survive.
• Dorothy Haberman
• Yurok, 1992

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As with DMC/JDAI, you must follow the data in
your local area
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Other Items to consider

• Break down data by tribal affiliation
• Develop a committee that will address increasing
  positive outcomes for Native Youth
• Develop relationships with all the tribal
  stakeholders on the rez and off
• Define/discuss what is DMC/JDAI
• Conduct in-services re services for Native
  Youth, who are they, where are they etc
• Remember issues of sovereignty and lack of trust
  among entities

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For Futher Information

• Contact
• Marcia Rincon-Gallardo, MSW
• DMC/JDAI Coordinator
• Pima County Juvenile Court
• 520 740-4542