The District Specific Training Program is an ongoing effort designed
to assist U.S. Attorneys in complying with federal crime victims' legislation
and to improve the response of federal criminal justice personnel to
the rights and needs of victims of federal crime. The program provides
skills-building training to tribal and federal criminal justice personnel
and others who assist crime victims in Indian Country.
Great Plains Regional Conference
Location: Rapid
City, South Dakota
Dates: August 3-5, 2004
Districts: South
Dakota, Nebraska, and North Dakota
Theme: Offering Hope
to Victims in the Spirit of Justice
Contact: Nancy Lampy
(605) 224-1256 ext.30
This 10th annual conference will address victimization issues in Indian
Country and will provide training on family violence and child abuse
issues to those who work in Indian communities. Topics will include CASA
programs in tribal court, working with children who have been abused
or exposed to violence, drug endangered children, victims of gun violence,
and dealing with compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. The audience
will include federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement; tribal
leaders; prosecutors; judges; court services; probation; medical and
mental health providers; educators; and victim assistance, domestic violence,
and sexual assault assistance programs.
10th Annual Nevada Statewide Native American Conference
Location: Winnemucca,
Nevada
Dates: August 11-13, 2004
District: Nevada
Contact: Vickie Dillon
or Debbie Waite at (702) 388-6336
This 10th annual statewide conference will feature resources and workshops
with a central theme of "Honoring Traditional Values--Preserving Family
Unity." Topics will include domestic violence; the dangers of methamphetamine
labs in rural communities; Indian Country jurisdictional issues; federal,
state, and local victim services; sexual assault; elder abuse; and forensic
interviewing. Participants will include representatives from the District's
Native American tribes; federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement;
court personnel; service providers; educators; social workers; and victim
assistance programs.
Great Lakes Native American Conference
Location: Sturgeon
Bay, Wisconsin
Dates: August 16-18, 2004
Districts: Eastern
and Western Michigan, Minnesota, Eastern and Western Wisconsin
Theme: A
Tradition of Healing: Putting Victims First
Contact: Faith
Coburn (414) 297-1700
This years conference will focus on family violence within the Great
Lakes area. The conference's target audience of tribal leaders, law enforcement
officers, victim service providers, probation officers, and social service
personnel will receive victim oriented training focusing on the above
mentioned theme. Topics include domestic violence, forensic interviewing
of children, and handling stress and burnout.
11th Annual Four Corners Indian Country Conference
Location: Scottsdale,
Arizona
Dates: August 18-20, 2004
Districts: Arizona,
New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah
Contact: Diane Humetewa
(602) 514-7567
This 11th annual conference will focus on workshops that share basic
concepts of victimology, community action, victim services, child forensic
interviewing, surviving child molestation, and methods used to ensure
professionalism and sensitivity in handling victim cases. The training
is targeted to assist federal, tribal, and state criminal justice and
victim service providers who address crimes in Indian Country.
12th Annual Oklahoma Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect and
Healthy Families 2004
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Dates: September
8-10, 2004
Districts: Kansas and Eastern, Northern, and
Western Oklahoma
Contact: Gayla Stewart (918) 581-7463
This 12th annual conference will provide workshops that will focus on
all aspects of working with families and children who have been neglected
or abused. Other topics include victim services in Indian country, using
Native American culture and spirituality to reduce the effects of trauma,
domestic violence, collaborative efforts in child abuse cases, stress
management, and strengthening families. Attendees will include victim
advocates, prosecutors, law enforcement, family violence and sexual assault
specialists, child protection workers, health care workers, corrections
personnel, and tribal leaders.
Wyoming Wind River Native American Conference
Location: Lander,
Wyoming
Dates: September 28-30, 2004
Districts: Kansas
and Eastern, Northern, and Western Oklahoma
Contact: Shirley
Martinez (307) 772-2124
This 2nd annual conference will feature workshops focusing on methamphetamine
recognition, manufacture, and effects on children; elder abuse; understanding
cultural issues in prevention programming; best practices in prevention;
understanding abusive head trauma in children; medical and legal issues
in child sexual abuse; domestic violence; and jurisdictional issues.
A sweat lodge will be offered. |