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SUMMARY:Tribal Sovereignty and Jurisdiction
DESCRIPTION:<p align="center"><strong>Wednesday January 14\, 2026</strong><
 /p>\n<p align="center"><strong>11:00 AM PT/ Noon MT/ 1:00 PM CT/ 2:00 ET</
 strong>\n<strong>90-minute webinar format</strong></p>\nIn this webinar\,
  participants will receive information on the history and importance of In
 herent Tribal Sovereignty and why that premise is so important to Tribes. 
 The webinar will then delve into Tribal civil and criminal jurisdiction 
 in Indian country that is of paramount importance when providing legal ass
 istance to Tribal clients in Indian country.\n\n<strong>Learning Objective
 s</strong>\n<ul>\n <li>Understand the basics of inherent Tribal sovereignt
 y\;</li>\n <li>Understand the basics of Tribal civil jurisdiction\; and</l
 i>\n <li>Understand the basics of Tribal criminal jurisdiction.</li>\n</ul
 >\n<strong>Bonnie Clairmont\, Victim Advocacy Specialist\, Tribal Law and
  Policy Institute</strong>\n\nBonnie Clairmont (Ho-Chunk) serves from TLPI
 's Minnesota office as the Victim Advocacy Specialist. Prior to her employ
 ment with TLPI\, she was the Outreach/Client Services Coordinator for Sexu
 al Offense Services of Ramsey County\, a rape crisis center. While employe
 d there\, Bonnie provided leadership in the development of Sexual Assault 
 Response Teams and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner programs and offered guid
 ance with multidisciplinary sexual assault protocol development. She has w
 orked more than twenty-five years advocating for victims of sexual assault
  and domestic violence. She has dedicated much of her work to providing an
 d improving services for victim/survivors of sexual assault\, battering\, 
 and child sexual abuse\, particularly those from American Indian communiti
 es. For four years she coordinated the Strengthening the Circle of Trust C
 onference\, a conference focusing on sexual assault and exploitation perpe
 trated by American Indian spiritual leaders/medicine men. Bonnie co-edited
  a recently published book "Sharing Our Stories of Survival" an anthology 
 of writing by Native Women who've experienced violence. Bonnie provided te
 chnical assistance to research conducted by Amnesty International USA that
  led to the report\, "Maze of Injustice: The failure to protect Indigenous
  Women from sexual violence in the USA." She and her late partner Jim Clai
 rmont have two children and five grandchildren.\n\n<strong>Suzanne Garcia\
 , Tribal Legal Specialist\, Tribal Law and Policy Institute</strong>\n\nSu
 zanne M. García is a Tribal legal specialist with a demonstrated commit
 ment to supporting Tribal self-determination and the inherent authority of
  Native Nations to empower and protect their families and communities. She
  received her law degree from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers Co
 llege of Law\, and her expertise encompasses child welfare\, youth justice
 \, domestic violence\, healing to wellness courts\, and Tribal/federal/sta
 te relations. Throughout her career\, Suzanne has held a variety of rol
 es. She has served as in-house counsel for a Tribe\, managing litigation\,
  negotiations\, and program development. She has also worked as a training
  and technical assistance provider for national non-profit organizations t
 hat serve Native Nations and staff attorney representing victims of domest
 ic violence in both tribal and state courts.\n\nPresenters:
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