WORKSHOP: "Cultural Intervention as Alternative Juvenile Justice and Prevention" IPI will be at the National Association of Community and Restorative Justice conference in June.  This workshop will address the following objectives: Community-based circles with juvenile offenders can be used as a diversion for minor offenses, clearing their record and preventing a snowball effect of repeated offenses.

WORKSHOP: "Starting a Peacemaking Program: Cultural Recovery in Indigenous Communities" IPI will be at the National Association of Community and Restorative Justice conference in June.  This workshop will address the following objectives: What planning and community organizing steps and approaches have worked to develop successful community-based peacemaking programs? Lessons learned from successful peacemaking program administration over

WORKSHOP: "Incorporating Indigenous Conflict Prevention, Healing, and Harmony Models into Higher Education" IPI will be at the National Association of Community and Restorative Justice conference in June.  This workshop will address the following objectives: Exposure to challenges in the overarching curriculum used to train practitioners. Ways to develop courses and training to expose others to actual practices,

WORKSHOP: "Indigenous Dispute Systems Design (Indigenous Planning, Dispute Systems Design, and Field Theory)" IPI will be at the National Association of Community and Restorative Justice conference in June.  This workshop will address the following objectives: Introduction to the growing field of Indigenous Dispute Systems Design; Getting Community involved in systems design- how to, benefits, and required

WORKSHOP: "Implementing Peacemaking Circles in Higher Education at Stanford University" IPI will be at the National Association of Community and Restorative Justice conference in June.  This workshop will address the following objectives: One cutting-edge model for teaching non-native college students several beneficial practices associated with indigenous peacemaking circles. Successful model to Integrate peace circles into college

WORKSHOP: "Healing Historical Trauma in Native America and the US - operationalizing from Rocks, Karma, Arrows" IPI will be at the National Association of Community and Restorative Justice conference in June. One of our workshops at the conference will be using a a performance "Rocks, Karma, Arrows" from a local theater group to address the

Denver, CO - Indigenous Peacemaking Initiative to Present at AFCC 13th Annual Symposium on Child CustodyOn Friday, November 9, 2018 IPI members Tim Connors and Brett Shelton will present at the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) for an afternoon (3:30-5:00 PM) session: Evidence Reboot: From Traditional Custody Evaluation to Peacemaking.  If you are in

Lansing Michigan "Tribal Justice" screening with special guest Abby AbinantiOn October 31, 2018, there will be a special screening of the documentary “Tribal Justice” along with a talk by the Honorable Abby Abinanti, one of the two Tribal Judges featured in the film.  The event will take place at the Michigan Hall of Justice in

Senate Indian Affairs Committee Hears Testimony from Yurok Tribal Court's Abbi AbinantiPeacemaking Judge Abby Abinanti, Chief Judge of the Yurok Tribal Court, spoke to congress in regards to Justice for Native American Youth, follow this link: "Justice for Native Youth: the GAO Report on 'Native American Youth: "Involvement in Justice Systems and Information on Grants

NEWS - Life Comes From It - first of its kind grantmaking circleThe Indigenous Peacemaking Initiative is pleased to be helping spread the word about the establishment of a new initiative, Life Comes From It.  This is a  first of its kind grantmaking circle where decisions are made by people heavily steeped in restorative Justice,

"Spirituality and Peacemaking" - Peacemakers From Across Turtle Island Gather for Advanced Training Attendees included IPI Advisory Committee member Judge Tim Connors, Staff Attorney Brett Lee Shelton, and peacemakers and others from the Little River Band, Chickasaw Nation, Grand Traverse Band, Ho-Chunk Nation, and Washtenaw County Court. Pictured here are participants in the Advanced Peacemaker

Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation Hosts IPIOn August 3, 2018 the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Peacemakers presented to the All- Potawatomi National Gathering Judicial Conference.  Also there to share their knowledge were Indigenous Peacemaking Initiative members. L-R, Michael Petoskey (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Chief Judge and IPI Advisory Committee Member), Corrine Lange (Court Administrator for

Peacemakers At Work -Pokagon Basket of Tribal Wisdom TrainingMonday, June 11, at Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, in preparation for a peacemaking training, IPI Advisory Committee member Cheryl Fairbanks, Pokagon traditional leader Clarence White, IPI Advisory Committee member and Chief Judge of Pokagon Tribal Courts Michael Petoskey, IPI Senior Staff Attorney Brett Lee Shelton pose after

Basket of Tribal Wisdom - Weaving Tradition and Justice (June 12-13, 2018)Pokégnek Bodéwadmik (Pokagon Band of Potwatomi) and the Native American Rights Fund will be hosting a joint workshop combining basket weaving and Native Justice/Peacemaking Principles facilitated by Cheryl Fairbanks and Brett Lee Shelton of the Indigenous Peacemaking Initiative.  See the flyer for details.

Screening - "Tribal Justice" and discussion Ethical & Jurisdictional ConsiderationsIPI's own, Chief Justice Michael Petoskey will be speaking on a panel after the movie screening, provide unique insight of tribal courts and peacemaking models .  If you are in the area, check it out, see flyer below for details!