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Panel #3: Juvenile Court Judges Panel

Introduction: Examine tribal, federal, and state justice systems from the judges’ perspectives relative to American Indian children exposed to violence; identify obstacles, cultural

components, and good practices; and make recommendations on improvements to better respond to American Indian children exposed to violence in the juvenile justice system. Panelists:

William Thorne, Jr., (Pomo/Coast Miwok), Appellate Court Judge, Utah Court of Appeals (retired)

William A. Thorne Jr. is a Pomo/Coast Miwok Indian from northern California and is enrolled at the Confederated Tribes of the Graton Rancheria. He received his BA from the University of Santa Clara in 1974 and received his JD from Stanford Law School in 1977. He practiced law for several years at Echo Hawk & Thorne, specializing on Federal Indian Law. Judge Thorne has served as a tribal court judge in Utah, Idaho, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Montana, Wisconsin, Washington, Michigan, and California. After 14 years as a Utah state trial court judge, he was appointed in 2000 to the Utah Court of Appeals where he served until retiring in 2013. Judge Thorne has served as board member of numerous non‐profits, focusing on child welfare and adoption, juvenile justice, education, racial and ethnic fairness, and American Indian issues. He continues to serve on the board for many national organizations, including the National Indian Justice Center, the National Child Welfare Resource Center for Tribes (NRC4Tribes), Child Trends, the Center for Study of Social Policy and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. Judge Thorne is the 2010 Native Inductee into the Stanford University Minority Alumni Hall of Fame.

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Abby Abinanti, (Yurok Tribe), Chief Judge, Yurok Tribal Court

Abby Abinanti is a graduate of Humboldt State College and the University of New Mexico School of Law. When Abby was admitted to the California State Bar in 1974, she was the first California Native admitted to the California State Bar. Abby is one of a very limited number of attorneys who have been practicing tribal child welfare law since prior to the 1978 enactment of the Indian Child Welfare Act. Abby served as a California Superior Court Commissioner for the city and county of San Francisco assigned to the Unified Family Court for most of the last twenty years. Judge Abinanti has also served as a tribal court judge for many tribes and as Chief Judge for the Yurok Tribal Court since her appointment in March 2007. Judge Abinanti has served as the President of the Board of Directors of the Tribal Law and Policy Institute since its establishment in 1996. She also serves as a member of National Child Welfare Resource Center for Tribes (NRC4Tribes) National Advisory Council and as a board member for the San Francisco Friendship House Association of American Indians, Inc., and has served as a board member for California Indian Legal Services and the National Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association and its Tribal Court CASA Advisory Council.

Herb Yazzie, (Navajo Nation), Chief Justice, Navajo Nation Supreme Court

The Honorable Chief Justice Herb Yazzie was confirmed as Chief Justice by the Navajo Nation Council on April 21, 2005. Chief Justice Yazzie comes from the community of Dennehotso, Tábąąhí clan, born for Kinłichíi'nii, Tó'áhaní (maternal grandparents) and Tódích'íi'nii (paternal grandparents). Chief Justice Yazzie has always worked with the Diné in public service. He served as attorney for DNA People’s Legal Services and was legal counsel for the Kayenta Township. He was a school board member of the school at his community and later a member of the

Executive Board of the Navajo Area School Board Association. Chief Justice Yazzie has also served the Navajo Nation as its Attorney General and as its Chief Legislative Counsel and was an attorney for the Yavapai‐Apache Nation. Chief Justice Yazzie is a military veteran, serving a tour in Vietnam as an Army lieutenant. He is a 1975 graduate of Arizona State University College of Law. He has been a Utah State Bar member since 1976 and is a member of the Navajo Nation Bar Association.

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Potential Questions for Panelists

General Questions:

1. Do state, tribal, and federal juvenile judges receive adequate training on trauma

informed care? Is there adequate focus on treating youth in our juvenile system, rather than just punishing youth? What is needed?

2. In your experience with juvenile wellness courts, youth courts, peace courts or other alternatives that have been used with juvenile offenders, are these alternatives more effective with certain types of youth offenders? How they worth the investment? 3. There is a strong concern in justice systems overuse of detention, yet, many tribes want

detention facilities for juveniles. When there are limited resources, where do you believe the money should go?

4. Do you have suggestions on how to encourage more collaboration between state and tribal juvenile justice systems?

5. Do most state juvenile justice systems simply lack the cultural component needed for Native youth? Are you aware of any state that does a good job in providing a cultural component to their juvenile justice system?

6. How important do you believe it is for youth in the tribal juvenile system to be represented by an attorney?

7. How do you recommend we keep youth out of the juvenile system?

8. How important is involvement or cooperation of the schools in the juvenile justice system? What do you think is the schools role?

9. When do you think it is appropriate for a juvenile offender to be transferred to adult court? When do you see this happening in tribal courts? Federal or state courts? 10. What barriers do you see in tribal juvenile systems that prevent youth from being

helped by the system? Federal system? State system?

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