Ruby Gibson, Sean Spruce, Alaska discussed on Native America Calling
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Are you a Native American healthcare provider, recovery counselor, social worker, domestic and sexual abuse advocate or traditional healer working in Native American communities, doctor ruby Gibson, will begin a 6 month advanced immersion in healing historical trauma. This online masterclass looks through the lens of a 7 generational recovery approach to provide powerful proven modalities and is offered tuition free to tribal members. Registration deadline is march 24th, 2023, info at freedom lodge dot org, who support this show. You've got to tune to native America calling. I'm Sean spruce. Plenty of time to join this conversation about rising incarceration rates among Native Americans, and how tribal justice systems have a role in solving the high rates of incarceration for Native Americans. We're at one 809 9 6 two 8 four 8. How do you see tribal justice systems working to help those in your community? Give us a call, one 809 9 6 two 8 four 8. That's also one 809 9 native. Let's go back to the phones. And in fact, let's go back to bethel Alaska, where we have M listening on station KY UK. M you're on the air. Hello, so I think it is entirely way too soon to be giving such intense power to travel courts in the Alaska due to the fact that there is so much culture shock from becoming westernized. We're so remote in Alaska that a majority of our issues are handled with outside third party health. And it may be quite premature to give full and entire powers to the tribes due to the lack of know how or assistance in setting up a court system. Am I appreciate that call and I know Nicki spoke to that earlier. It's quite a bit different there in Alaska and M sites, perhaps the inexperience of some tribal communities in developing robust tribal justice systems. So M, your call is noted and perhaps further along in this discussion, we can revisit that topic again, but let me go ahead and pivot back to amber now, our guest. And we're just curious. We have heard some criticism today regarding tribal courts and do you face that as well there at yurok? You know, there are always politics. I think in smaller communities, but overall, I mean, we have developed some pretty good policies procedures to try to ensure fairness and equal application. Of opportunities, you know, unfortunately we are grant driven and so it really depends on what we have available at any given time, what types of resources we can provide. But overall, I don't think that's been a huge