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DOJ COPS Kickoff Meeting

Lamar Associates is pleased to announce we were awarded a DOJ COPS Prescription Drug Abuse and Drug Endangered Children Grant. We gathered our subject matter experts together for a kickoff meeting January 18-20 in Albuquerque. Here Steve Juneau talks about our strategy to provide, on-site, online and webinar training. Thanks to NICWA and NADDI for joining us to provide this much needed training and technical assistance. Our first tuition free training will be held in Albuquerque, NM May 24-25. Our schedule for training will then be as follows:

2011

July 13-14: Oklahoma City, OK

Aug 10-11: Rapid City, SD

Nov 9-10: Las Vegas, NV

2012

Feb 8-9: Albuquerque, NM

Apr 11-12: Phoenix, AZ

June 13-14: Spokane, WA

Aug 8-9: Portland, OR

Happy Holidays!!!

Take a moment and view our 3 minute Holiday greeting by clicking the "Happy Holidays" title. We appreciate all the support of our friends, relatives and associates this past year and look forward to a great 2011. Happy Holidays to you and yours - sending wishes for a safe, happy and fun Holiday Season!

From the Lamar Associates/Indian Country training team.

Lamar Associates’ Director of Juvenile Justice Services Delivers Street Gangs Training to the Flandreau Indian School

Raymond Perales just returned from his visit at the Flandreau Indian School in South Dakota. Approximately ninety Flandreau Indian School teachers and staff attended the one-day training on Street Gangs. The training covered such topics as: Youth Gang Trends, Gang Behavior and Tactics, Native Gangs, and Graffiti, as well as provided proactive approaches in developing action-plans revolving around gangs in communities. Each participant received a Gangs Toolkit and two resource CDs to further learn about the history and behavior of street gangs, as well as provide additional resources for combating them.

If you would like more information on bringing a similar Gangs Training to your community, e-mail info@lamarassociates.net.

Upper left-hand picture depicts Raymond analyzing gang symbols and gangs' use of numerology.

Bottom right-hand picture depicts Flandreau Indian School Assistant Principal, Rick Drennen, and Raymond after the successful gangs training.

Indian Country Training Presents Methamphetamine Awareness & Abatement Training Program

Today is day two of the Methamphetamine Awareness and Abatement Training Program sponsored by the National American Indian Housing Council in Buffalo, New York. In attendance are officials who represent the Yankton Sioux Tribe (SD), Round Valley Indian Tribes (CA), Choctaw Housing Authority (AL), Poarch Creek Tribe (AL), Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe (MN), and Amerind Inc. Presenters include Steve Juneau, Vice President of Lamar Associates, Joely Heavy Runner, former police officer, and Deputy Chief Ron Glensor, Ph.D.

Lamar Associates presents the National Symposium on The Tribal Law and Order Act

Join us for the Symposium October 19-20 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to support the understanding and application of the new law for Tribal governments and communities.

To learn more, view the video below. If you have questions, please call 202.543.8181. We hope to see you in Albuquerque!

Walter Lamar Quoted in Indian Country Today

Walter Lamar, President/CEO, Lamar Associates, was contacted by Indian Country Today for comment on the Tribal Law and Order Act. You can "click" on the title for this entry to go directly to the ICT article to read what Walter had to say.

We have already received a number of calls posing important questions. "What effect will this have on CFR Courts?" "What is required of the tribes for reporting?" "What are the logistics for housing prisoners for up to three years and what programming will be available for them?" "Are we going to just warehouse prisoners?" "What does this mean for P.L. 280 states?"

These and many other questions will be answered at the Lamar Associates sponsored "Tribal Law and Order Act Symposium."

October 19 - 20, 2010
Albuquerque, NM

To register for the Symposium follow this link to our Indian Country Training registration page. http://indiancountrytraining.webexone.com/login.asp?loc=&link=

See you there!

Tribal Law and Order Act

President Obama signing the Tribal Law and Order Act, July 29, 2010.

Lamar Associates’ senior managers, having served in top Bureau of Indian Affairs law enforcement positions, recognize the under-addressed criminal justice needs of Indian Country and take this opportunity to applaud the President’s signing into law the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010. The Tribal Law and Order Act will give tribes and the federal government the necessary tools to addresses complex jurisdictional issues by enhancing the Indian Country criminal justice system and improving coordination and communication.

“The signing of the Tribal Law and Order Act ensures much needed recognition of the tremendous criminal justice gap faced by Indian Country citizens,” said Walter Lamar, President of Lamar Associates. Lamar Associates takes this opportunity to congratulate Senators Dorgan, Barrasso and Kyl, and Representatives Herseth Sandlin, Kildee, Cole, Conyers, Scott, Rahall, Simpson and Pastor for their unwavering and tireless leadership, and also recognize Senate Committee on Indian Affairs former Policy Director, John Harte for his incredible effort in driving the Tribal Law and Order Bill from start to finish. Recognition also goes to Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Deputy Chief Counsel, Rhonda Harjo. Lamar Associates offered both Harjo and Harte input from the early stages of the Tribal Law and Order Bill preparation.

To facilitate discussion among critical stakeholders in the full implementation of the Act, Lamar Associates will host a Tribal Law and Order Act Symposium, October 19-20, 2010 in Albuquerque, NM. “We will assemble subject matter experts from each Indian Country criminal justice discipline to present the specifics of the new law for Tribes, Pueblos, Bands, and Rancherias,” said Steven Juneau, Vice-President of Lamar Associates. “Our goal is to provide a thoughtful examination of the new resources, tools, and authority for our tribal communities.”