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Table of Contents Agenda .......................................................................................................................................... 1 Panel #1: Overview of Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence in the Home, the Community, and Juvenile Justice System Response................................................................... 7 Written Testimony for Gloria O’Neil ......................................................................................... 19 Written Testimony for Andy Teuber ......................................................................................... 20 Written Testimony for Sarah Hicks Kastelic .............................................................................. 21 Written Testimony for Troy Eid ................................................................................................. 38 Panel #2: Tribal Leaders’ Perspective concerning Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence in the Home, Community, and Juvenile Justice System Response.......................................... 93 Written Testimony for Jacqueline Pata ..................................................................................... 97 Written Testimony for Victor Joseph ...................................................................................... 118 Written Testimony for Richard J. Peterson ............................................................................. 119 Written Testimony for Myron Naneng ................................................................................... 120 Panel #3: The Role of the Court System: Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence in Home, in the Community, and Juvenile Justice Response ................................................................... 121 Written Testimony for Lisa Jaeger .......................................................................................... 125 Written Testimony for David Voluck ....................................................................................... 129 Written Testimony for Michael Jeffery ................................................................................... 130 Written Testimony for Walt Monegan .................................................................................... 137 Panel #4: Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence in the Home and in the Community (Child abuse/neglect, domestic violence, ICWA)...................................................................... 139 Written Testimony for Elise Bourdreau .................................................................................. 143 Written Testimony for Lynn Hootch ....................................................................................... 150 Written Testimony for Tami Jerue .......................................................................................... 151 Written Testimony for Diana Bline ......................................................................................... 154 Panel #5: Promising Approaches ............................................................................................... 161 Written Testimony for Diane Payne ........................................................................................ 165 Written Testimony for Trevor J. Storrs ................................................................................... 169 Written Testimony for Dr. Cathy Baldwin-Johnson ................................................................ 170 Panel #6: Promising Approaches ............................................................................................... 179 Written Testimony for Evon Peter .......................................................................................... 183 Briefing Binder for 4th Hearing of the Advisory Committee of the Attorney General's Task Force on American Indian/Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence. Anchorage, AK. June 11-12, 2014 Written Testimony for Mary David ......................................................................................... 184 Written Testimony for Elizabeth Medicine Crow.................................................................... 195 Written Testimony for Bobbi Outten ...................................................................................... 196 Briefing Binder for 4th Hearing of the Advisory Committee of the Attorney General's Task Force on American Indian/Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence. Anchorage, AK. June 11-12, 2014 Attorney General’s Advisory Committee on American Indian/Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence Hearing #4: June 11-12, 2014 Anchorage, Alaska Theme: Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence Location: Sheraton Anchorage Hotel, Howard Rock Ballroom, Anchorage, Alaska Agenda Wednesday, June 11, 2014 1:00PM - 1:30PM Welcome, Invocation, and Opening Remarks • Welcome: Senator Byron Dorgan, Chairman of the Board of Advisors, Center for Native American Youth • Invocation: Lee Stephan (Athabascan), President, Native Village of Eklutna (Invited) • Opening Remarks: Kevin Washburn, (Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma), Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of Interior Tony West, Associate Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice 1:30PM - 1:45PM Comments from Attorney General’s Advisory Committee Co-Chairs • Senator Byron Dorgan, Chairman of the Board of Advisors, Center for Native American Youth • Joanne Shenandoah, (Iroquois), Composer and Singer 1:45PM – 3:15PM Panel #1: An Overview of Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence in the Home, the Community, and Juvenile Justice System Response Outcome: This panel will set the stage for the hearing providing a wide ranging examination of issues concerning Alaska Native children exposed to violence in the home, in the community, and the juvenile justice system from a variety of different perspectives. The panel will conclude with a presentation concerning the Alaska-specific findings and recommendations affecting Alaska Native Youth Exposed to Violence in the Indian Law and Order Commission Report and Alaska specific statistics and data • Gloria O’Neill, (Yup’ik Descent), President/CEO, Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. • Andy Teuber, President/CEO, Kodiak Area Native Association and Chairman/President, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium • Sarah Hicks Kastelic (Alutiiq), Deputy Director, National Indian Child Welfare Association • Troy Eid, Chairman, Indian Law and Order Commission 1 Briefing Binder for 4th Hearing of the Advisory Committee of the Attorney General's Task Force on American Indian/Alaska Native Children Exposed to Violence. Anchorage, AK. June 11-12, 2014 Each panelist provides a 15 minute presentation followed by 15 minutes of questioning by the Advisory Committee. This panel is a total of 90 minutes with the exception of last presentation, who may need 30 minutes of presenting. Biographies for Panel #1: Gloria O’Neill: Since 1998, Gloria has served as President and CEO of Cook Inlet Tribal Council (CITC) and led the organization’s growth in becoming one of the major social service providers in Alaska, currently offering more than 50 essential programs that serve more than 14,000 Alaska Native and American Indian people each year. On the national level, Ms. O’Neill was appointed by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to serve on the Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC). She is a former member of the Department of the Interior Tribal/Interior Budget Council and the Race and Ethnicity Advisory Committee of the U.S. Census Bureau. Ms. O’Neill currently serves as a member of the University Of Alaska Board Of Regents, the Alaskan Command Civilian Advisory Board, and CITC Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) Games LLC Boards of Directors. She previously served as a board member of the National CASA Association. In 2010, Ms. O’Neill was a Fellow of the Annie E. Casey Foundation Children and Family Fellowship Program. Ms. O’Neill earned her Master of Business Administration degree from Alaska Pacific University, and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology, with a minor in Business Administration from the University of Alaska Anchorage. Andy Teuber: Andy Teuber is the elected Chairman and President of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. Chairman Teuber also serves as the President and CEO of Kodiak Area Native Association (KANA). KANA is a non-profit organization providing health and social services for the Alaska Natives of Kodiak Island, and services the City of Kodiak, along with six Alaska Native villages: Akhiok, Karluk, Old Harbor, Ouzinkie, Port Lions and Larsen Bay. KANA's mission is "to elevate the quality of life of the people we serve" and their vision is "the best quality care is available to all people on Kodiak Island". Sarah Hicks Kastelic: In January 2011, Dr. Sarah Hicks Kastelic joined the National Indian Child Welfare Association to serve as chief of staff. She is Alutiiq, an enrolled member of the Native Village of Ouzinkie. In 1997 and 1998, Sarah worked as a social services assistant and child welfare specialist in the Office of Tribal Services at the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in Washington, DC. For 12 years, Sarah served the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) in the welfare reform reauthorization program. In 2003, Sarah became the founding director of NCAI’s Policy Research Center. Her early experiences at NCAI led to Sarah’s commitment to the Policy Center’s core values of a tribally driven research agenda, research conducted for the benefit
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