What No One Tells You About Restorative Justice “Undoing the First Harm: Settlers in Restorative Justice” By Edward Valandra  Historic land theft justified by the Doctrine of Discovery still plays a major role in normalizing the narrative that settler land rights override Indigenous rights established through (broken) treaties. Addressing the First Harm caused by the

Living Justice Press Has Issued a Call for Contributors Attention Peacemakers: Living Justice Press has issued a Call for Contributors for a new book to be published, Colorizing Circle Practices. This is a great chance for Indigenous authors to weigh in, in a variety of ways, on the use of circles. It’s meant to give

IPI Presentation for the National American Indian Court Judges Association  IPI Staff Attorney Brett Lee Shelton joins UCLA Law Prof. Lauren van Schilfgaarde and NCJFCJ’s Sheldon Spotted Elk in a presentation to the National American Indian Court Judges Association on October 19, 2021 entitled, “Using Peacemaking Circles to Indigenize Tribal Child Welfare.”   The presentation was

Detroit Legal News features Peacemaking Colloquium 2021 Article in the Detroit Legal News about the Peacemaking Colloquium 2021, held in September in which several IPI  Advisory Committee members played a major role. To see full article, click on link: Detroit Legal News _21_9_20

'That Went Sideways' Podcast, Featuring Staff Attorney Brett Lee Shelton Staff Attorney Brett Lee Shelton is featured on this episode of 'That Went Sideways' podcast, discussing Indigenous Peacemaking Initiative, Indian Boarding Schools and several other topics.  Click the link below to listen: https://www.sidewayspod.org/episodes-1/episode/1d84ae70/s2e2-indigenous-peacemaking-initiative  

Peacemaking Course Published in the Detroit Legal News September 23, 2021 Two recent students in a Peacemaking course IPI co-sponsored with several institutions of higher education, Megan Wang and Katie Orringer, drafted a wonderful summary and impression piece that was just published by the Detrol Legal news.  The article even mentions NARF, and IPI Advisory

Introductory Peacemaking Online Course IPI co-sponsored a groundbreaking Introductory Peacemaking course online this past weekend, August 6-8. This photo features the students on hand for the final session, as well as the primary faculty for the course including IPI Advisory Committee member (and main organizer of the course) Carson Smith, Stanford American Indian Program Director

Registration for the 2nd Annual Peacemaking Colloquium is Now Open! Happening this September 29th & 30th.  NARF’s IPI is a co-sponsor of this event, designed primarily to give interested people an introduction to peacemaking. It is intended for general audiences, so register today!TO REGISTER: Either click on the image above or follow this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6-BmPgyAYfzpCrFKsy2mZp-W3W1GZ8DIVUh2Ysc3JKsNbcQ/viewform

Gichi-apiitendaa Gwad (Congratulations) Judge Petoskey Judge Petoskey, a member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, has had a long and lustrous career. His accomplishments include  being awarded the Tecumseh Peacekeeping Award for leadership in moving the State of Michigan courts and tribal courts away from conflict and toward cooperation. Petoskey is

Hawaiian & Indigenous Health & Healing Scholarship Fund, University of Hawai'i FoundationPlease consider donating to the University of Hawai’i West O’ahu’s Hawai’ian and Indigenous Health & Healing Scholarship  Fund. This program is  providing cutting-edge, decolonizing classes helping Hawai’ians recover and fortify their traditional knowledge and lifeways, all in the context of modern times. This will

"Moving Beyond Peace Education to Social Justice Education" is a visionary article, co-authored by Daisy Han and Trisha Moquino (groundbreaking founder of the Keres Children’s Learning Center in New Mexico and advocate for indigenous language revitalization)  provides a framework for radically changing peace education in elementary schools and beyond. “Cosmic and peace education requires that we develop

Virtual Peacemakers Gathering IPI convened a meeting of approximately 30 peacemakers, from all across the US and Canada, on Friday March 5 to discuss cultural appropriation and peacemaking.   The group is putting finishing touches on a statement the peacemakers wanted to issue for all who are interested, so watch for that soon. In the meantime,

Peacemaker Judge Tim ConnorsA peek into honorable Judge Tim Connors court room. The practice of implementing peacemaking, a circular acknowledgment of one another.