Tribal Models

We can provide technical assistance with designing peacemaking courts, developing culturally specific frameworks, and drafting peacemaking laws. Please contact us to discuss ways that we can help your community.

To see what is happening in other communities, review existing tribal peacemaking laws below and take a look at our profiles of peacemakers where we highlight some peacemaking programs and practitioners.

Tribal Peacemaking Program Profiles

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi – Native Justice Program The IPI meets annually with the Pokagon Peacemakers.

Chickasaw Nation – Peacemaking Court Materials from an IPI workshop held in 2007. Materials are dated, but provide a good example of IPI program support materials.

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Tribal Peacemaking Laws

Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming Title 7. Peacemaker of the Tribal Code Provides civil process authority, procedures (including authority to use traditional Northern Arapaho culture), referral standards, authority of Tribal Court to limit, and standards of conduct.

Chickasaw Nation Title 5, Chapter 14: Courts and Procedures: Chapter 14 Peacemaking Court of the Chickasaw Code Provides authorization, referral standards, procedures, authority for District Court to limit, standards of conduct, and use of tribal traditions and customary law.

Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana Title IA. Peacemaker Court of the Chitimacha Codes of Justice Provides authorization, referral procedures, civil process authority, standards of conduct, and authority of Tribal Court to limit.

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