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Reflections upon 34 years as a Juvenile Court Judge: William A. Thorne Jr.

Reflections Upon 34 Years As a Juvenile Court Judge Publication Date: November 05, 2013 I recently retired after serving for 34 years as a judge in both tribal and state courts. When I started as a juvenile court judge, I trusted that if I did my small part as a judge (basically accepting the recommendations of the professionals appearing in court before me), children would be well taken care…

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Judicial Tribal History for Utqiagvik

NVB’s re-assumption of Exclusive Jurisdiction over child custody proceedings changed in 1999. Mixed with being a PL280 State, this created a world in which the State vs. Village/Tribe share power UNLESS: 1.) The Tribe petitions to “re-assume” its Exclusive Jurisdiction” thus taking away State power over “Child Custody Proceedings”. • This can be done under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)…

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My Iñupiaq language suffered but.......

My Iñupiaq language suffered but…….

I have been thinking of my Iñupiaq language and a small bit of the history that I know of. I grew up with Iñupiaq as the only language I knew before entering a classroom, a Bureau of Indian (BIA) Classroom at the age of 5. Even though I did not understand the language spoken in a classroom, I would be brought to the school because it was deemed necessary to be there even though there was no…

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#Alaska #Bureau of Indian Affairs #eskimo #inupiaq #Inupiaq Language #Native Education

Behind BIA Doors - by Fred John

Behind BIA Doors – by Fred John

Fred John September 12, 2020 · BEHIND BIA DOORS… When we first came to boarding school. When we first arrive in Wrangell They pick us up in town and took us to the boarding school. When we came to the dorm all the old students came to the car and look at us through the window. The all look the same with shaved bald head, wearing the same kind of clothes and their face look so round and…

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Residential School Murders - unpunished

Residential School Murders – unpunished

Russ Letica May31 at 11:44AM · 1. Nine year old Vicky Stewart of the Tsimshian nation was killed at the United Church residential school in Edmonton on April 9, 1958 by school matron Ann Knizky, who hit Vicky over the head with a two by four. The RCMP refused to press charges against either Knizky or the United Church, and threatened Vicky`s family with imprisonment if they pursued the…

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My Iñupiaq language has suffered

I have been thinking of my Iñupiaq language and a small bit of the history that I know of and have experienced. I grew up with Iñupiaq as the only language I knew before entering a classroom, a Bureau of Indian (BIA) Classroom at the age of 5. Even though I did not understand the English language spoken in a classroom, I would be brought to the school because it was deemed necessary to be there…

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#BIA #Boarding School #Bureau of Indian Affairs #Language

Why some people feel uneasy about the Vaccine - give them space

Why some people feel uneasy about the Vaccine – give them space

Chapter 12: The Iodine 131 Experiment in Alaska (georgetown.edu) Chapter 12: The Iodine 131 Experiment in Alaska In 1956 and 1957 the U.S. Air Force’s Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory conducted a study of the role of the thyroid gland in acclimatizating humans to cold, using iodine 131. Like the case of the Marshallese, this study is another instance in which research conducted on populations that…

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Tribes in PL280 States (like Alaska) - An Educational post

Tribes in PL280 States (like Alaska) – An Educational post

All of this post are citations from “Understanding Jurisdiction – PL280 Resource Guide by Tortes & Pierce (Thank you Alex & Cindy). (My interpretations in laymen terms will be noted and my opinions at the end) “Public Law 83-280 is very difficult to understand without knowing the context of when & why it was written. In other words, to understand PL280, one needs to know its “legislative…

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#Arctic Slope #North Slope #PL280 #Secede

NVB Judicial Code bits and pieces

In early 2000, I was tasked with a few other people to start drafting a Judicial Code for our Tribe with the help of the UCLA Tribal Law Institute. This project took a few years but that University was very instrumental with the help of Pat, Addy and a few others who became friends.

Since time immemorial , the Inupiat people have resolved disputes and conflicts, maintained peace in their…

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What is happening in our Tribe?

Native Village of Barrow has not been really stable for a few years now after our long time Executive Director stepped down.

The tribe went through multiple Executive Directors since 2017; as well as Tribal Council members. In less then a year, the council has had multiple council members step down or pushed out.

As a member of the NVB Tribe, the membership should ask for a special membership…

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PL280 - Understanding jurisdiction on Tribal Land

PL280 – Understanding jurisdiction on Tribal Land

I love Government and law. Let me add a few definitions first.

Enclave – isolated, foreign, separate areas.

Congress wrote into the US Constitution the authority to have such an area udner their sole and exclusive jurisdiction in Article 1, section 8, clause 17. This section gave them power to create a federal enclaveforthe seat of government and any other enclaves/districts necessary for…

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OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE

There is always a first time – I got terminated – Retaliation at its best. Let me elaborate a little more since I am not bound by them. The Tribal Courts hears Confidential Children’s cases and other cases as well. I don’t think the Council and the Executive Director are versed with Tribal Authority or their own laws. Because the Tribal Social Services did not want to transfer a certain case from…

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#Contempt of Court #Exclusive Jurisdiction #ICWA #Indegenous #native #Obstruction #tribal council #tribal court #tribal judge #Tribal Justice #Tribe

OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE

There is always a first time – I got terminated – Retaliation at its best. Let me elaborate a little more since I am not bound by them. The Tribal Courts hears Confidential Children’s cases and other cases as well. I don’t think the Council and the Executive Director are versed with Tribal Authority or their own laws. Because the Tribal Social Services did not want to transfer a certain case from…

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#Contempt of Court #Exclusive Jurisdiction #ICWA #Indegenous #native #Obstruction #tribal council #tribal court #tribal judge #Tribal Justice #Tribe

OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE

There is always a first time – I got terminated – Retaliation at its best. Let me elaborate a little more since I am not bound by them. The Tribal Courts hears Confidential Children’s cases and other cases as well. I don’t think the Council and the Executive Director are versed with Tribal Authority or their own laws. Because the Tribal Social Services did not want to transfer a certain case from…

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#Contempt of Court #Exclusive Jurisdiction #ICWA #Indegenous #native #Obstruction #tribal council #tribal court #tribal judge #Tribal Justice #Tribe

I could not say a lot of things because I was employed and appointed as a Judge but since that is gone for now, I can freely speak.

I was probably one of the lowest paid Manager/Director/administrator of the Tribe. I can tell you that I made $34 per hour for managing probably one of the most advanced Tribal Court in Alaska. You know I didn’t do it for the money but because it is my passion to see…

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OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE

There is always a first time – I got terminated – Retaliation at its best. Let me elaborate a little more since I am not bound by them. The Tribal Courts hears Confidential Children’s cases and other cases as well. I don’t think the Council and the Executive Director are versed with Tribal Authority or their own laws. Because the Tribal Social Services did not want to transfer a certain case from…

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It's not what you know but it is who you know = POLITICS

It’s not what you know but it is who you know = POLITICS

It did not used to be like this in my hometown of Utqiagvik but politics have claimed our homeland. It is not about what you know how to do, but it is now who you know and who likes you, or doesn’t like you.

Just about in any workplace in our community, it’s who you supported during any election or did not support during an election. It’s about who you might have ticked off or corrected them…

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