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99 CIS S 41139
TITLE: Tribal
Justice Systems
CIS-NO: 99-S411-39
SOURCE: Committee on
Indian Affairs. Senate
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 106-233
DATE: Sept. 29, 1999
LENGTH: iii+116 p.
CONG-SESS:
106-1
ITEM-NO: 1009-B-05; 1009-C-05
SUDOC:
Y4.IN2/11:S.HRG.106-233
INCLUDED IN LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
OF: P.L.
106-559
SUMMARY:
Hearing to consider S. 1508
(text, p. 3-12), the Indian Tribal Justice Technical and Legal Assistance Act of
1999, to establish measures to improve tribal justice systems, including
provisions to authorize the Department of Justice to award grants to national
and regional organizations whose members are tribal justice personnel to provide
training and technical assistance for the development of tribal justice systems,
and to nonprofit legal services organizations to provide civil
and criminal legal assistance to tribal members or judicial systems.
Supplementary material (p. 39-116) includes witnesses' written statements,
submitted statements, and a report.
CONTENT-NOTATION:
Indian tribal justice systems improvement measures estab
BILLS: 106
S. 1508
DESCRIPTORS:
INDIANS; ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE; FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
AND TRAINING; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; LEGAL AID AND SERVICES; CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE; CIVIL PROCEDURE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; INDIAN TRIBAL JUSTICE TECHNICAL AND
LEGAL ASSISTANCE ACT; DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
99-S411-39 TESTIMONY NO: 1
Sept. 29, 1999 p. 14-23, 45-63
WITNESSES (and
witness notations):
MCKAY, JOHN (President, Legal
Services Corp)
VAN NORMAN, MARK C. (Director,
Office of Tribal Justice, Department of Justice)
STATEMENTS AND
DISCUSSION:
Support for S. 1508, citing need for enhanced
legal and technical assistance for tribal justice systems; description of
Department of Justice Indian law enforcement improvement initiatives, including
efforts to prevent violent crime; elaboration on legal needs on tribal lands,
with recommendations.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Indian tribal justice systems improvement measures estab
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
VIOLENCE; CRIME AND
CRIMINALS; LEGAL SERVICES CORP.
99-S411-39 TESTIMONY NO: 2 Sept. 29, 1999 p. 23-37,
64-116
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
MCKENZIE, TAYLOR (Vice President, Navajo Nation)
WYNNE, MARY T. (President, National American Indian Court
Judges Association)
EBERHARD, ERIC D. (attorney)
ZAH, PETERSON (former President, Navajo Nation;
representing National Association of Indian Legal Services)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Differing views
on S. 1508; inadequacy of legal services provided to Indians
nationwide; extent and nature of law enforcement and legal
services needs of Indians, including tribal court system improvement
needs.
INSERTION:
-- Dahlstrom, Eric N. and
Barnhouse, Randolph H., "Legal Needs and Services in Indian Country" final draft
of 1998 report prepared for Legal Services Corp., Jan. 1999 (p.
90-116).
CONTENT NOTATION:
Indian tribal
justice systems improvement measures estab
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
LEGAL SERVICES CORP.;
COURTS 
