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Tribal Justice
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TRIBAL JUSTICE is a feature documentary about a little known, underreported but effective criminal justice reform movement in America today: the efforts of tribal courts to create alternative justice systems based on their traditions. In California, the state with the largest number of Indian people and tribes, two formidable Native American women are among those leading the way. Abby Abinanti, Chief Judge of the Yurok Tribe on the northwest coast, and Claudette White, Chief Judge of the Quechan Tribe in the southeastern desert, are creating innovative systems that focus on restoring rather than punishing offenders in order to keep tribal members out of prison, prevent children from being taken from their communities, and stop the school-to-prison pipeline that plagues their young people.
Abby Abinanti is a fierce, lean, elder. Claudette White is younger, and her courtroom style is more conventional in form; but like Abby, her goal is to provide culturally relevant justice to the people who come before her. Observational footage of these judges' lives and work provides the backbone of the documentary, while the heart of the film follows offenders as their stories unfold over time, in and out of court. These other stories unfold over time, engaging viewers with the dedication of the judges, the humanity of the people who come before them, and a vision of justice that can actually work.
Through the film, audiences will gain a new understanding of tribal courts and their role in the survival of Indian people. The film will also inspire those working in the mainstream legal field to consider new ways of implementing problem-solving and restorative justice, lowering our staggering incarceration rates and enabling offenders to make reparations and rebuild their lives.
'Raw and honest, Tribal Justice takes an unflinching look at criminal justice in Indian country...Alongside a fearless portrayal of reservation life and those caught up in the criminal justice system, this film highlights the potentially redemptive force of restorative justice in tribal communities. It's not to be missed.' Angela R. Riley, Professor of Law, Director of Native Nations Law and Policy Center, University of California, Los Angeles
'A lovely, bittersweet film about an intensely delicate subject.' John Anderson, The Wall Street Journal
'Tribal Justice is an emotional and moving story about some of the issues facing American Indian communities and tribal attempts to use court systems for restorative justice and healing instead of just to punish. This movie shows the innovative and culturally appropriate efforts of tribal governments in California, and two native female judges in particular, who are working to improve the lives of the parties in court and their communities at large.' Robert J. Miller (Eastern Shawnee), Professor of Law, Director of Rosette LLP American Indian Economic Development Program, Arizona State University
'Tribal Justice is about bringing traditional balance back to the lives of Native Americans when in crisis. The film is a powerful testament on the strength of Tribal Courts to hold together communities, sovereignty, and law.' Angelique EagleWoman (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota), Dean and Professor of Law, Lakehead University, Co-author, Mastering American Indian Law
'Tribal Justice provides a compelling and humane face for tribal sovereignty...We meet fellow tribal members whose struggles with poverty, alienation, substance abuse and violence inevitably bring them to the attention of their tribal courts and, in the process, to traditional Indigenous justice systems that emphasize restoration and healing, instead of retribution and ostracism. The outcomes are not always successful, but in this clear-eyed and honest film, we gain a sense of the humanity residing within the tribal justice system and with it, the optimism for tribal communities to succeed on their own terms.' N. Bruce Duthu, Professor of Native American Studies, Dartmouth College, Author, American Indians and the Law
'A beautifully shot and incredibly moving portrayal of the strengths and challenges of tribal communities today. I learned a lot from it, even though I have lived and worked on reservations, and written about tribes and Indian law throughout my career...High school, college, and graduate level classes on many subjects--indigenous peoples, criminal justice, family law, women's leadership, and substance abuse, just to name a few--would be enriched by showing this film.' Bethany Berger, Professor of Law, University of Connecticut
'A very poignant and heart-wrenching documentary depicting the painful struggles of Indigenous people in the United States to break from the colonizing cycle of drug addiction and family fragmentation...The instructive roles played by Yoruk Chief Judge Abby Abinanti and Quechan Chief Judge Claudette White can be of significant benefit to U.S. criminal justice.' Dr. Julian Kunnie, Professor of Religious Studies/Classics, University of Arizona, Author, Indigenous Wisdom and Power: Affirming our Knowledge Through Narratives
'Extraordinary...As beautiful to watch as it is haunting...By focusing on Abby Abinanti and Claudette White, two strong women determined to do good work for the people they love, Makepeace has made a film that is as gratifying as it powerful.' Bruce Murkoff, Millerton News
'The film draws us in and makes us part of the discussion happening on screen...You have to applaud the director--for making this not about the abstract idea of justice but rather a story about people where we really get a sense of the stakes for everyone involved. Recommended.' Steve Kopian, Unseen films
Citation
Main credits
Makepeace, Anne (filmmaker)
Abinanti, Abby (interviewee)
White, Claudette (interviewee)
Golding, Daniel (film producer)
Nesbitt, Lori (film producer)
Other credits
Director of photography, Barney Broomfield; editor, Russell Greene; composer, Christian Ruggiero.
Distributor subjects
Addiction; American Studies; Anthropology; At-risk Youth; Community; Criminal Justice; Folklore; History; Human Rights; Law; Mass Incarceration; Mental Health; Native Americans; Recovery; Restorative Justice; Social Justice; Social Psychology; Social Work; Sociology; Western US; Women's StudiesKeywords
criminal justice reform, tribal courts, traditional concepts of justice, California, Abby Abinanti, Yurok Tribe, Claudette White, Quechan Tribe, legal system, restorative justice, school-to-prison pipeline, Native Americans, indian tribes, drug addiction,recovery, social services, state courts, tribal sovereignty, three strikes law, criminal justice, ICWA, Indian Child Welfare Act, american history, mass incarceration, rebuilding lives; "Tribal Justice"; Bullfrog Films,doc; history; sociss
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- Today, our job in the
court and in the tribe
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is to try to reengage people in a process
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that gets them to be in
this world how it is now.
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And to say, OK, you know,
we are village people.
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We have village values.
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And those values compel us to take care of
each other, our families, and our country.
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(MUSIC PLAYING)
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- We have a lot of social
ills here in our community
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just based on our location and
the limitation to services.
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And so in my capacity here as Chief Judge,
what I'm fighting for is our people,
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you know, our independence,
our sovereignty, our existence.
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(CHANTING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE)
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(MUSIC PLAYING)
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OK.
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- I'm a Yurok by birth.
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My mother was a Yurok, and
her parents were Yuroks.
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I'm the Chief Judge of the Yurok tribe.
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I was the first native
woman lawyer in the state.
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All right, let me deal with that.
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And they didn't take it really well.
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They weren't used to it.
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Lawyers tried to push me around.
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At one point, a judge actually
said to me from the bench,
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"You can't be a lawyer, you're an Indian."
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You know, and you have to
learn not to react to that.
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Because if you react to
it, then they have you.
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You know, so you just... you walk away.
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- It says right here, as I was saying...
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- Sir, there's new reason
to yell at him, all right?
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He's trying to...
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- I'm not, I'm not yelling.
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- You were yelling, and
there's no reason to.
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He's trying his hardest.
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All right, I've read the affidavits.
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That's it.
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Thank you.
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The matter is submitted.
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It's way different in our
court in a lot of ways
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from what people are used to from TV
or from their own personal experiences.
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If either one of you want some help
with your current personal situations,
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I'm happy to extend that too.
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Obviously, that's not a court order.
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That's just something I'm saying to you.
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If you want to do that, we
can discuss it privately.
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Because this is not how
you ever meant it to be.
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You're supposed to interact with
the people you're working with.
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Know those people, care about
them, and be part of them.
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She was ready to cry though.
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I know.
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She was high, and she was ready to
cry because she knows this isn't good.
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The State has a lot of
responsibility for all the people.
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I have responsibility just
for this one set of people --
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6,000 Yuroks and their families.
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And that's what I'm responsible for
-- and to this land, to this place.
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It's everything, really.
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I mean, this place is everything.
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It's what it's all about for us.
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I don't even know how to say it.
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The fish will come soon.
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The salmon.
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And salmon are glorious.
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They're beautiful.
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And they'll come soon and
they'll come up the river.
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- Our country is very different.
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It's dry, hot.
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And for somebody coming into our reservation
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it will look like you're in the middle
of nowhere and nothing good there.
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But we have a lot of history, and we have
a direct connection to the land we're on.
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We actually happen to be one of the tribes
that's never been removed from our lands.
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Vastly diminished, but not removed.
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Every time I come back
home, it's just a feeling.
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I see the tumbleweeds on the
side and the cottonwood trees
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and the tamaracks and salt cedars
in the fields, and I know I'm home.
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OK son, I'll see later.
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- All right, Mom.
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- Love you.
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- I love you too.
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All right Mom, see you later.
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- A lot of the tribal courts in California
are really in their infancy stages.
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I was actually the first tribal member to
serve in the capacity as our Chief Judge
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here on the reservation.
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That's the decision I'm going
to make today is whether or not
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we're going to allow your aunt and
uncle to continue to care for you.
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Because if you don't do your part and
you start acting out, not going to school
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or you run away, you
compromise the guardianship.
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That means I have to terminate it.
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That means you go back into State care.
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And that changes everything for you.
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- Yeah.
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- Takes you off the reservation.
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And we don't want to do that.
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You interested in singing?
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I know you guys used to sing.
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- Yeah, me and my brother used...
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well, my brother still sings.
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But I don't know, I kind of drifted from it.
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I don't know why or how, but it
just kind of got away from me.
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But I'd be interested, yeah.
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- Well, I'll let you know when
we're getting together for practice.
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And maybe you can get
together with the guys.
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Because that always brings you strength.
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- Yeah.
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- Might help keep you grounded here.
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You guys could be leaders in our community.
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Or you could help destroy our community.
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(CHANTING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE)
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In the tribal court process,
we focus on restoration.
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We focus on trying to put
families back together
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and give them what they need
to help make them whole.
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(CHANTING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE)
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I believe in Indian country, when
you're trying to restore something,
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you're not looking at just restoring
a victim or even a defendant.
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You're looking at restoring the community.
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You're looking at restoring the tribe.
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Here in the State of California the
tribal judicial community is small.
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And you hear about something
working somewhere else,
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and maybe that would work
for our tribal community.
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Abby is the Chief Judge for the Yurok Tribe,
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which is the largest tribe in
California and is up north from us.
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It gets hard dealing with the elders to
give them the respect that they deserve,
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and then be in in the courtroom.
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I've found that challenging.
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- I look to her as a mentor.
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She graduated law school when I was born.
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So there is some age difference.
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And it gives me a real opportunity
seeing somebody like Abby in the field --
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not only be in her tribal
court as a Chief Judge,
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but also having been a state court
judge in the State of California.
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- You know, as a state court judge,
I knew that half of the people
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were unhappy with whatever I did.
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And that was kind of the rule.
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That was OK.
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There's a winner and a loser when you
walk out of state court, straight up.
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That isn't OK here.
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It does not resolve the issue.
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One of the big differences
between us and them
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is if I knew the person in front
of me, I could not be their judge.
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All right, that's one of
their founding principles.
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You have to...
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It is essentially justice by strangers.
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But in a village, that's not true.
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Nobody a couple hundred years ago would
have ever thought of going to a stranger
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if they had an issue.
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They just wouldn't have thought of that.
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They would have went
internally to the people
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they considered the leadership in that
village to try to resolve the differences.
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And it's very easy to say, "Have
a culturally relevant system."
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It's very hard to develop it.
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Because in fact, there are no models for it.
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You have to create the model in your head.
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And what would that look like today?
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If we had not been invaded,
how would that have evolved?
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The invasion came.
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People came looking for gold or
for timber or for fish or whatever.
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And they took.
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And we were supposed to give up
our dances, give up our language.
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A lot of people lost their lives around
it and lost who they were, you know.
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And you have to try to make it up to them --
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the ones who are living
and the ones who are dead.
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- It started when I was a kid.
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I smoked a little weed here and drunk a
little bit and started smoking cigarettes.
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And then I started using meth
probably when I was about 14, 15.
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And I was in San Quentin by 19.
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I got out when I was 26.
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I had two strikes, so I knew
I couldn't do anything bad.
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I did my parole.
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And then I started using
meth again, you know.
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And it must have been like
a demon laying down in me.
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I didn't think I'd ever use
it, but I did, you know.
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Just a hit.
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And then from there on, it was just boom.
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Full...
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full-on meth addict again.
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- I got a police report on my desk, and
it shows Taos driving rather erratically.
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And he pulls into somebody's
yard, bumps into a slide.
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Gets out, demands some money
from a guy that lives there.
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And then takes off, driving erratically.
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They found on him an 8-ball, 3
1/2 grams of methamphetamine.
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And I'm saying darn it,
we got him, you know.
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Another one off the list.
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You know, trying to clean this place up.
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I want him gone.
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And I mean state prison, not
soft time in the county lockup.
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- Because he was a serious,
violent felon before,
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this is his third strike
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and he's looking at 25 years to life.
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- And I wanted to run.
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You know what I mean?
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I said, man I ain't going
to be doing 25 to life.
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You know what I mean?
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I might have been a bad guy, but I'm
not no killer or nothing like that.
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- Next thing I know, Judge Abby and
her people got involved with the court,
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with the Wellness Court.
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- Wellness Court is another terminology
for a drug court, in essence.
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But what we're attempting to do there
is employ some restorative justice.
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- So we'll do it as a
family wellness function.
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So Anthony, if you could just...
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- Yep.
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- In lieu of going to jail or
prison, they get diverted to us.
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And then we would monitor them,
drug test them, have them in group,
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and help change the course of their life.
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- You know, because it never hurts to
put in a personal appearance, I think.
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- The state court doesn't give up
jurisdiction, but what we can do
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is put somebody on probation and
make a term, a condition of probation
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that they must comply with
the Yurok Tribal Court.
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- All right, court's gonna call
Yurok Tribe versus Taos Proctor.
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- Judge Abinanti and this system here puts
their word behind it, it carries juice --
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as it should, because they've
got a great success rate.
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- Since she's been the judge and
has started the Tribal Court,
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it's been an interesting process,
because there's no rules in place.
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We work out the rules as we go forward,
because they're not written down anywhere.
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- ...you're well, but if you could
just tell the court a little bit.
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- Well, I'm in rehab.
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I'm doing really good.
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I'm the secretary of the rehab right now.
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I should be moving up to
president of the rehab.
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And I'm starting a father program for,
like, helping elders clean their yards
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and stuff like that.
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So I want to get back to the
community, stay off the drugs, and...
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just finding myself again.
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And this is really the first time in my
life I've ever been off drugs, really.
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I was in, like...
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locked up a long time.
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I was in the CYA and prison most of my life.
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- Taos was a product of alcoholism.
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And that alcoholism affected
him in a really bad way.
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And he talks about the violence that
was inflicted on him as a child,
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and how he grew up hating
and being violent himself.
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He was taken away at a very young age
as well, and taken to Juvenile Hall.
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And then from Juvenile Hall, he
went to California Youth Authority,
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and then prison.
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- This is really the first
chance to open my eyes and got me
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to look at myself and not just others,
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always blaming other people.
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They all had the problem,
and it wasn't them at all.
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It was always me that had the problem.
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- So I'd say at this point
you're in full compliance.
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And we will communicate that to the state
court also, what a good job you're doing.
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And we will help you in those hearings.
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We want to support you
through that process too.
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So we'll do that.
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- All right.
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- OK, thank you sir.
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- Thank you guys.
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- All right.
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- Thank you.
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- I'm in a position to go,
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"Let's help you on these things.
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Let us help you, let us help you.
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We will stick with it until we resolve it."
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And this justice system, it
represents that core value.
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(MUSIC PLAYING)
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- The cases that are most dear to me
and most challenging, I would say,
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are the cases dealing with
families and children.
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We have a lot of success here.
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We have a lot of good children.
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We also have a lot of
children that need help,
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that need intervention, that need
services, families that are struggling
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to try to keep their families together.
00:17:55.570 --> 00:18:07.470
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- My son is Dru Denard.
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He's my oldest, and he's nine.
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He's got a few disabilities.
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He has autism.
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He also has epilepsy.
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But I try to show him how
to live life without letting
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that cripple him, because I want him to
feel and know he is like everyone else.
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- We are ready to call the session
on the court ward case now, please.
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Mr. Denard, Ms. Ocegueda.
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- This action was filed by the
Quechan Social Service Department
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asking for a transfer of dependency.
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OK, so I just wanted to understand clearly.
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Starting in the state system
was because you were basically
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at your wits end trying to help your son.
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And then the level of
care he needed was really
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beyond what you were able
to provide in the home.
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- Yes.
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- OK.
00:19:06.110 --> 00:19:08.060
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- If you asked him to do his chores,
there was an attitude or tantrum.
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There was moments where he was
hitting me, spitting on me.
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You know, I couldn't handle him.
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At school, he'd get mad and throw a chair.
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Or he'd punch on the teachers.
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- Hey, that's my train.
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That's my train.
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- They would say he was a threat to
himself or to the students or staff.
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So they would send him in a police car
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all the way to Imperial County
Behavioral Health Mental Institution,
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and lock him up there in a
little four by four room.
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He was only seven at the time
when all of this started.
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I don't understand the school.
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I don't know what they told CPS,
because I know part of what they said...
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(DRU LAUGHING IN THE BACKGROUND)
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My son.
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00:20:09.300 --> 00:20:10.548
I like his laugh.
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00:20:12.993 --> 00:20:15.438
(LAUGHING CONTINUES)
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Because of the lack of resources
here, I went to the county
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because they had more
services to offer my son.
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00:20:32.150 --> 00:20:36.680
They were supposed to help my
son medically and educationally.
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And they put him in a group home
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thinking that would be good for him as well,
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in agreement that this would
only last for six months,
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he should be returned,
we're done, that's it.
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But it didn't turn out that way.
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- Walk this way.
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This way.
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- For visitation I go and get him,
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four hours up and four hours
back -- so the whole day.
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They give him to me for
visitation on a Friday evening,
00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:17.749
and then Sunday evening I have
to have him back before 6:00.
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Because if not, they would
count that against me.
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- As it sits in the state system,
Mom has been unable to reunify --
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meaning the State is unwilling to relinquish
basically their jurisdiction over the case.
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But it is an ICWA case.
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It's an Indian Child Welfare Act case.
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And ICWA is a piece of federal legislation
00:21:40.750 --> 00:21:43.282 align:middle line:10%
that was put in place to help
give tribes the opportunity,
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and Indian parents the opportunity,
00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:48.730 align:middle line:10%
to maintain custodial
rights over their children.
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And the Court will work to help alleviate
that issue with the state judge.
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OK?
00:21:54.250 --> 00:21:57.624
With that being said, we're going to go
ahead and stand adjourned on this matter.
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OK, thank you.
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- That's where we're at
right now, is trying to see
00:22:02.320 --> 00:22:06.780
if Tribal Court will be able to pick
up the jurisdiction of my son's case,
00:22:06.780 --> 00:22:10.390
have him come back to the
reservation, and just let me continue
00:22:10.390 --> 00:22:13.400
taking care of my kid the way I have been.
00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:15.530
- They wouldn't have let me come home.
00:22:15.530 --> 00:22:18.210
And my mom was trying to
fighting for me to come home.
00:22:18.210 --> 00:22:24.860
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- Historically, the United States,
00:22:26.450 --> 00:22:29.090
when they were trying to get
Indian people to assimilate,
00:22:29.090 --> 00:22:32.750
the worst way they did that to our people
is they removed our Indian children
00:22:32.750 --> 00:22:34.460
from Indian homes and their families --
00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:38.189
sent them to boarding
schools and cut off contact
00:22:38.189 --> 00:22:39.980
from their reservations and their families.
00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:44.720
00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:47.580
Through that assimilation
process, the federal government
00:22:47.580 --> 00:22:50.190
thought they were going
to turn Indian people
00:22:50.190 --> 00:22:58.750
into American people or civilized
people, as they would perceive it to be.
00:22:58.750 --> 00:23:01.590
And through that process, you
know, our children perished.
00:23:01.590 --> 00:23:02.190
They died.
00:23:02.190 --> 00:23:05.930
00:23:05.930 --> 00:23:11.430
From lack of, you know, connection
to their parents, to their family,
00:23:11.430 --> 00:23:16.760
to their community, loss of language, loss
of culture, and for life as they knew it.
00:23:16.760 --> 00:23:22.870
00:23:22.870 --> 00:23:27.930
- If people steal children, if they
hurt children, and then our children
00:23:27.930 --> 00:23:30.960
come back hurt and then
they hurt other children
00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:32.946
and they hurt their children --
00:23:32.946 --> 00:23:34.320
that's what we're trying to stop.
00:23:34.320 --> 00:23:36.810
00:23:36.810 --> 00:23:39.300
(MUSIC PLAYING)
00:23:39.300 --> 00:23:52.248
00:23:52.248 --> 00:23:54.738
(CHANTING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE)
00:23:54.738 --> 00:24:10.864
00:24:10.864 --> 00:24:13.280
- First of all, I would like
to welcome everybody out here
00:24:13.280 --> 00:24:16.335
to the 2014 Miss Quechan Pageant.
00:24:16.335 --> 00:24:19.520
At this time, we're going to go ahead
and invite up the visiting royalty,
00:24:19.520 --> 00:24:22.270
give them an opportunity to tell
you a little bit about themselves
00:24:22.270 --> 00:24:25.120
and the tribes that they represent.
00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:28.050
I've been raised and
born on the reservation,
00:24:28.050 --> 00:24:30.873
not immune from everything that might bring.
00:24:30.873 --> 00:24:34.260
(SPEAKING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE)
00:24:34.260 --> 00:24:38.010
- Through alcohol abuse,
through physical abuse,
00:24:38.010 --> 00:24:40.980
or whatever it is that
happens in our community,
00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:42.694
I've not been immune to that.
00:24:42.694 --> 00:24:43.966
- Thank you.
00:24:43.966 --> 00:24:47.740
- So we really appreciate you coming
and celebrating with us tonight.
00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:51.070
00:24:51.070 --> 00:24:52.100
That's how we grew up.
00:24:52.100 --> 00:24:55.480
My dad, we actually lost him to an overdose,
00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:57.420
to a drug overdose of cocaine and heroin.
00:24:57.420 --> 00:25:01.120
00:25:01.120 --> 00:25:05.140
But it put a real fear in me.
00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:07.390
Because I knew I could either
go one way or the other.
00:25:07.390 --> 00:25:10.666
00:25:10.666 --> 00:25:16.359
If anything, I think it probably kept
me on a straight and narrow path.
00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:18.900
You know, seeing the cycles and
the things that come from it.
00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:31.910
00:25:31.910 --> 00:25:35.030
- When I was 11, my mom couldn't
take care of us no more,
00:25:35.030 --> 00:25:40.830
because my step dad was hitting
us and they were doing drugs.
00:25:40.830 --> 00:25:42.690
So she put us in a group home.
00:25:42.690 --> 00:25:46.880
00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:49.050
They said we would only be
there for a couple weeks.
00:25:49.050 --> 00:25:52.710
And a bunch of time passed and we knew
we weren't going to go back after, like,
00:25:52.710 --> 00:25:53.900
the fourth or fifth month.
00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:56.680
00:25:56.680 --> 00:26:00.880
And I was in a group home
from probably 11 or 12
00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:02.480
all the way till I was 16.
00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:05.990
00:26:05.990 --> 00:26:12.560
- So when he returned home, I'd hear that
he was drinking or he might be using drugs.
00:26:12.560 --> 00:26:15.710
And we told him, "Hey, if you
want a stable place to stay,
00:26:15.710 --> 00:26:18.170
your own blanket, your own
bed, you can come here."
00:26:18.170 --> 00:26:20.280
You know, "We'll help you."
00:26:20.280 --> 00:26:22.030
And, "Yeah, OK, OK.
00:26:22.030 --> 00:26:23.004
Thank you, Auntie."
00:26:23.004 --> 00:26:38.220
00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:40.590
This has been the first
time in almost 3 1/2 years
00:26:40.590 --> 00:26:43.880
that Isaac had been in a traditional school.
00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:46.980
And so he was two years behind,
going into school at 17.
00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:53.970
00:26:53.970 --> 00:26:56.650
- I've been going back to
school, getting my grades up,
00:26:56.650 --> 00:27:01.210
trying to keep myself focused so I
can hopefully go to college someday.
00:27:01.210 --> 00:27:04.620
- Isaac, Isaac Palone.
00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:07.380
OK.
00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:08.200
All right, awesome.
00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:08.700
Thank you.
00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:10.350
- OK, thank you.
00:27:10.350 --> 00:27:16.286
- I want to show that you can do
better from coming from wrong.
00:27:16.286 --> 00:27:16.786
So, yeah.
00:27:16.786 --> 00:27:19.750
00:27:19.750 --> 00:27:23.060
My tattoo says, "Every sinner has a future."
00:27:23.060 --> 00:27:26.890
Every sinner, I mean, no matter the
person, they can always have a future.
00:27:26.890 --> 00:27:34.285
00:27:34.285 --> 00:27:36.750 align:middle line:10%
(CHANTING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE)
00:27:36.750 --> 00:27:46.610 align:middle line:10%
00:27:46.610 --> 00:27:49.320 align:middle line:10%
- He started learning Lightning songs.
00:27:49.320 --> 00:27:52.771
00:27:52.771 --> 00:27:56.155
The Lightning songs are probably
some of our strongest songs.
00:27:56.155 --> 00:28:00.970
00:28:00.970 --> 00:28:05.230
I've seen people have complete turnarounds
in their life when they're singing.
00:28:05.230 --> 00:28:11.950
00:28:11.950 --> 00:28:14.860
Because when you are out there
representing our community
00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:19.120
and participating in our culture
and our traditions and our songs,
00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:22.308
you'll draw strength from it.
00:28:22.308 --> 00:28:24.793
(CHANTING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE)
00:28:24.793 --> 00:28:37.720
00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:39.010
Isaac was in my care,
00:28:39.010 --> 00:28:41.600
and it had probably been
about three weeks or so.
00:28:41.600 --> 00:28:45.460
I get a call from his mother telling me
that Isaac had two warrants out for him
00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:49.157
from before that, and that
he was going to be arrested
00:28:49.157 --> 00:28:50.740
and he needed to come turn himself in.
00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:54.920
00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:56.170
I was like, for what?
00:28:56.170 --> 00:28:59.950
You know, cause I'm thinking oh
good, you know, we're on a good path.
00:28:59.950 --> 00:29:02.745
We're doing good and
nothing but going forward.
00:29:02.745 --> 00:29:03.620
And then I hear this.
00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:08.080
So I was pretty taken aback by it.
00:29:08.080 --> 00:29:13.120
- I was accused of burglary and shoplifting.
00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:15.580
That's what we used to
do in the group homes.
00:29:15.580 --> 00:29:18.420
I mean, we would go around
00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:23.740
going through people's cars and stuff
like that, through the neighborhoods.
00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:27.105
I don't know, it was just
out of boredom, I guess.
00:29:27.105 --> 00:29:28.015
Because, hmm.
00:29:28.015 --> 00:29:30.750
00:29:30.750 --> 00:29:33.300
- This is Isaac's first time
being charged with a crime,
00:29:33.300 --> 00:29:36.870
so I'm hoping that they give him the
opportunity to stay there in school
00:29:36.870 --> 00:29:39.480
and to not be detained in Juvenile Hall.
00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:42.120
00:29:42.120 --> 00:29:44.280
Because for the first time in a long time,
00:29:44.280 --> 00:29:46.740
he's actually in a
traditional school setting
00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:48.660
with the opportunity to just be a kid.
00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:56.850
00:29:56.850 --> 00:29:58.720
You really should be worried.
00:29:58.720 --> 00:30:04.165
00:30:04.165 --> 00:30:06.145 align:middle line:10%
(MUSIC PLAYING)
00:30:06.145 --> 00:30:29.083 align:middle line:10%
00:30:29.083 --> 00:30:32.870 align:middle line:10%
If Isaac's case was here in Tribal
Court as opposed to state court,
00:30:32.870 --> 00:30:35.900 align:middle line:10%
we would be looking at giving
him the help that he needs
00:30:35.900 --> 00:30:40.220 align:middle line:10%
to correct his behavior in a more
traditional and restorative way.
00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:42.870
00:30:42.870 --> 00:30:48.100
At this time, we don't have the opportunity
to transfer those types of cases.
00:30:48.100 --> 00:30:50.560
So that could have
possibly been a difference
00:30:50.560 --> 00:30:52.860
if we had something like that in place.
00:30:52.860 --> 00:30:59.480
00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:03.480 align:middle line:10%
It's important for tribes to establish
jurisdiction over these cases
00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:06.910 align:middle line:10%
so these children don't
get lost to the State.
00:31:06.910 --> 00:31:11.320
- So it's really cutting edge
what you are trying to do
00:31:11.320 --> 00:31:15.826
in terms of exercising jurisdiction
and negotiating with California
00:31:15.826 --> 00:31:17.740
and negotiating with Imperial County.
00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:25.600
- I see it happening in California right
now with adults in one of our sister courts.
00:31:25.600 --> 00:31:28.460
The Yurok Tribe, they are
doing just that with adults.
00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:32.410
The states are differing
prosecution of tribal members,
00:31:32.410 --> 00:31:36.190
working with the tribal
courts, putting plans in place,
00:31:36.190 --> 00:31:40.210
using alternative methods that
are more culturally acceptable
00:31:40.210 --> 00:31:43.210
and more likely that
you're going to get success
00:31:43.210 --> 00:31:47.140
in terms of changing that
behavior or addressing that issue.
00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:49.590
And then ends up in a state dismissal.
00:31:49.590 --> 00:31:52.690
And so I'm thinking we can do the
same things with our juveniles here.
00:31:52.690 --> 00:32:00.040 align:middle line:10%
- There is absolutely no reason why
any tribal authority or supervision
00:32:00.040 --> 00:32:04.191 align:middle line:10%
should not be part of a
differed prosecution plan.
00:32:04.191 --> 00:32:04.690
- Right.
00:32:04.690 --> 00:32:10.650
00:32:10.650 --> 00:32:12.760
- Thinking back into the group home days,
00:32:12.760 --> 00:32:16.740
I promised myself that I wouldn't
drink, that I wouldn't smoke.
00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:22.450
But I'd always mess up because
there was a temptation in me
00:32:22.450 --> 00:32:25.740
that would want to do some, like,
drugs or something like that,
00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:27.850
and I'd end up messing up.
00:32:27.850 --> 00:32:33.273
I only have about six more months and
then I'm 18 and I'll be on my own.
00:32:33.273 --> 00:32:35.728
(MUSIC PLAYING)
00:32:35.728 --> 00:32:48.494
00:32:48.494 --> 00:32:50.720
- This is where I want
to set a net, right here.
00:32:50.720 --> 00:33:05.880
00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:09.970
- At this moment, Taos Proctor
is in both court systems --
00:33:09.970 --> 00:33:14.740
meaning in the Tribal Court Wellness
system and in the state criminal system.
00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:18.620
00:33:18.620 --> 00:33:22.040 align:middle line:10%
We gave him an opportunity to
come with us, to walk with us,
00:33:22.040 --> 00:33:26.060 align:middle line:10%
and we walked with him to try
to get to a different place,
00:33:26.060 --> 00:33:28.980 align:middle line:10%
to get him home.
00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:32.310 align:middle line:10%
- Judge Abby is a really big
influence on straightening out
00:33:32.310 --> 00:33:34.950 align:middle line:10%
all the bad seeds in the Yurok Tribe.
00:33:34.950 --> 00:33:38.515
00:33:38.515 --> 00:33:40.800
- Hi, this is Abby.
00:33:40.800 --> 00:33:43.650
- They've got every kind of
program set up out there for you.
00:33:43.650 --> 00:33:45.540
- We just wanted to check in with you.
00:33:45.540 --> 00:33:51.030
- No matter what time of day, I could
call any of them and they're right there.
00:33:51.030 --> 00:33:54.220
And without them, I wouldn't
have been able to do anything --
00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:58.500
not to the extent that I've taken it now.
00:33:58.500 --> 00:34:01.680
- If he was having issues that
should be reported to the State,
00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:03.330
I would report those.
00:34:03.330 --> 00:34:07.050
I make it very clear to people
who are in that dual status
00:34:07.050 --> 00:34:11.489
that I will help you as much as I
can, but nobody here will lie for you.
00:34:11.489 --> 00:34:14.133
You will do it, and you will do it right.
00:34:14.133 --> 00:34:14.633
- What?
00:34:14.633 --> 00:34:17.038
00:34:17.038 --> 00:34:18.296
- Bring it in.
00:34:18.296 --> 00:34:18.962
- Oh, a monster.
00:34:18.962 --> 00:34:21.860
00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:29.612
- He's a green sturgeon and he
looks to be about 60 years old.
00:34:29.612 --> 00:34:31.429
Right?
00:34:31.429 --> 00:34:32.770
50?
00:34:32.770 --> 00:34:34.239
40?
00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:35.376
30?
00:34:35.376 --> 00:34:39.229
He could be about 12, 13 years old.
00:34:39.229 --> 00:34:39.770
I don't know.
00:34:39.770 --> 00:34:49.450
00:34:49.450 --> 00:34:51.620 align:middle line:10%
- Hi, Dad.
00:34:51.620 --> 00:34:53.420 align:middle line:10%
You catch a fish?
00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:53.920
- Yep.
00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:55.320
- You catch sturgeon?
00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:56.119
- Yep.
00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:58.039
Wanna touch it?
00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.999
- Yeah.
00:34:58.999 --> 00:35:00.919
- Touch it.
00:35:00.919 --> 00:35:02.839
- Was he in the water?
00:35:02.839 --> 00:35:04.980
Living in the water?
00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:06.230
- Yeah, he lives in the water.
00:35:06.230 --> 00:35:09.740
00:35:09.740 --> 00:35:11.690
Because of meth, I missed
his first birthday.
00:35:11.690 --> 00:35:13.950
Get out of the water.
00:35:13.950 --> 00:35:15.244
Now it's really good.
00:35:15.244 --> 00:35:16.410
I can just be there for him.
00:35:16.410 --> 00:35:45.360
00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:47.320
I just pick and choose
where I go in this town,
00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:50.790
because there's such a
bad drug addiction here.
00:35:50.790 --> 00:35:56.830
Because it's a hard road to get
well off of a substance like that.
00:35:56.830 --> 00:35:58.390 align:middle line:10%
- The same people that love him now
00:35:58.390 --> 00:35:59.800 align:middle line:10%
hated him a year and a half ago,
00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:05.240 align:middle line:10%
because he made their lives so
miserable with his drug addiction.
00:36:05.240 --> 00:36:06.100
- Meth.
00:36:06.100 --> 00:36:06.960
- And...
00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:08.980
- Heroin.
00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:10.250
- And...
00:36:10.250 --> 00:36:14.485
- Well, whatever kind of
drug I could get, I would do.
00:36:14.485 --> 00:36:17.435
- And the person that he was,
you know, he would steal.
00:36:17.435 --> 00:36:19.600
And he just...
00:36:19.600 --> 00:36:23.220
He was this close away to
spending life in prison.
00:36:23.220 --> 00:36:26.480
He had to look over his back every day.
00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:29.460
And then now, the love
that he has for his family,
00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:34.350
it shows in the rest of the world -- in
his work and just his day-to-day life.
00:36:34.350 --> 00:36:38.760
00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:39.740
Proud of him.
00:36:39.740 --> 00:36:44.160
00:36:44.160 --> 00:36:46.140
- He was doing heroin and methamphetamine.
00:36:46.140 --> 00:36:48.690
And heroin was the worst thing ever.
00:36:48.690 --> 00:36:50.130 align:middle line:10%
It was worse than methamphetamine.
00:36:50.130 --> 00:36:52.657 align:middle line:10%
I mean, that's when he started just....
00:36:52.657 --> 00:36:53.990 align:middle line:10%
"I just want you to die, bitch!"
00:36:53.990 --> 00:36:54.698
It's like just...
00:36:54.698 --> 00:36:57.960
like just spitting in my face this close.
00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:59.959
00:36:59.959 --> 00:37:00.500
- Choo choos.
00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:02.860
00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:08.000
- She was a pill addict, so I
went over and sold her some pills.
00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:10.400
I was doing dope.
00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:11.810
So she started going dope.
00:37:11.810 --> 00:37:13.430
Then we started doing dope together.
00:37:13.430 --> 00:37:17.930
And then just kind of like...
00:37:17.930 --> 00:37:18.820
you know.
00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:20.611
And then I...
00:37:20.611 --> 00:37:22.440
I don't know how to say it on camera.
00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:24.660
But...
00:37:24.660 --> 00:37:25.860
You know, made love.
00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:28.030 align:middle line:10%
(LAUGHING)
00:37:28.030 --> 00:37:29.830 align:middle line:10%
00:37:29.830 --> 00:37:31.240 align:middle line:10%
- I fell in love with Taos.
00:37:31.240 --> 00:37:34.450
And that's kind of what got me hooked
because, you know, then the drugs
00:37:34.450 --> 00:37:35.480
and all that.
00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:37.780
And that was tough and it
was heavy and it was...
00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:41.650
00:37:41.650 --> 00:37:47.930 align:middle line:10%
- Their relationship was established with
the common factor of their usage of drugs.
00:37:47.930 --> 00:37:54.240 align:middle line:10%
And so the little boy is now
just turning three, I believe.
00:37:54.240 --> 00:37:56.310
00:37:56.310 --> 00:38:01.080
I just wonder how each of them could
put their child in danger like that.
00:38:01.080 --> 00:38:02.462
- I don't know what to say.
00:38:02.462 --> 00:38:03.670
I was a bad person, you know.
00:38:03.670 --> 00:38:05.490
And I can't help that, you know.
00:38:05.490 --> 00:38:06.910
I'm trying now.
00:38:06.910 --> 00:38:09.160
I'm trying to fix my wrongdoings, you know.
00:38:09.160 --> 00:38:10.230
And it just takes work.
00:38:10.230 --> 00:38:11.070
That's all it does.
00:38:11.070 --> 00:38:11.570
And...
00:38:11.570 --> 00:38:14.020
00:38:14.020 --> 00:38:16.910 align:middle line:10%
just a change.
00:38:16.910 --> 00:38:18.000
I'm trying, I'm trying.
00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.600
I can't...
00:38:18.600 --> 00:38:19.530
can't try no harder.
00:38:19.530 --> 00:38:26.380
00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:30.810
I like to have just work, work, work,
and a lot of good people around me,
00:38:30.810 --> 00:38:33.450
and a lot of productive
stuff happening in my life.
00:38:33.450 --> 00:38:36.310
00:38:36.310 --> 00:38:41.271
I don't like no downtime, not
this early into my rehabilitation.
00:38:41.271 --> 00:38:51.110
00:38:51.110 --> 00:38:55.430
- If there was no Tribal Court in
this situation, he would be in prison.
00:38:55.430 --> 00:38:56.660
We helped him get work.
00:38:56.660 --> 00:38:59.220
We helped him get a place to live.
00:38:59.220 --> 00:39:00.620
We were able to say, you know,
00:39:00.620 --> 00:39:01.160
"Look, guy.
00:39:01.160 --> 00:39:02.660
You can't act like that.
00:39:02.660 --> 00:39:04.100
You can't talk like that.
00:39:04.100 --> 00:39:06.800
You're big, you scare people.
00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:10.430
You're a Yurok man, and
you have responsibility."
00:39:10.430 --> 00:39:14.760
00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:17.900
He conducts AA meetings and NA meetings.
00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:20.520
He sponsors them, he finds a place for them.
00:39:20.520 --> 00:39:22.230
He makes sure that they happen.
00:39:22.230 --> 00:39:23.610
You know, and they're here --
00:39:23.610 --> 00:39:28.080
here on the reservation with other people
that need that help and that support,
00:39:28.080 --> 00:39:31.480
and that very particular support that
they can get from community here.
00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:36.540
00:39:36.540 --> 00:39:40.560
- I think if I had a lot of downtime I would
start going off and doing other things,
00:39:40.560 --> 00:39:44.610
and probably getting myself into some
kind of trouble, which I don't need.
00:39:44.610 --> 00:39:45.940
So...
00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.890
Yep.
00:39:46.890 --> 00:39:52.220
- For us to know that he's
gone all this way in a year,
00:39:52.220 --> 00:39:56.195
and knowing there's always
a fear that he have a slip.
00:39:56.195 --> 00:39:58.810
00:39:58.810 --> 00:39:59.310
- All right.
00:39:59.310 --> 00:40:00.570
Thanks for coming in, Taos.
00:40:00.570 --> 00:40:01.380
- Thank you, guys.
00:40:01.380 --> 00:40:07.140
- We've grown so close that, you know,
I'm kind of like the protective auntie
00:40:07.140 --> 00:40:09.660
and hoping that he at least stays strong.
00:40:09.660 --> 00:40:16.100
00:40:16.100 --> 00:40:18.656
- Zion, I'm writing this poem to her.
00:40:18.656 --> 00:40:19.614
- Are you for real?
00:40:19.614 --> 00:40:20.114
- Yeah.
00:40:20.114 --> 00:40:25.460
00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:27.890
- God, I don't know what else I'm gonna put.
00:40:27.890 --> 00:40:36.050
00:40:36.050 --> 00:40:36.690
- Hold on.
00:40:36.690 --> 00:40:38.030
Put this right here.
00:40:38.030 --> 00:40:39.890
Just kidding.
00:40:39.890 --> 00:40:41.080
All right.
00:40:41.080 --> 00:40:43.360
A beauty like a blossoming flower,
00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:45.120
a feeling so strong it wouldn't change
00:40:45.120 --> 00:40:47.160
within years, months, seconds, or hours.
00:40:47.160 --> 00:40:50.570
Promise that you'll be forever mine,
00:40:50.570 --> 00:40:53.400
even when our bodies
are ten feet underground
00:40:53.400 --> 00:40:56.460
and our souls are flying high above the sky.
00:40:56.460 --> 00:40:58.980
Without you, I swear sometimes
I feel like I'm going to die.
00:40:58.980 --> 00:41:01.610
A sigh of grief, a heart
feeling so down deep.
00:41:01.610 --> 00:41:05.130
All I need is for you to
promise to forever be with me,
00:41:05.130 --> 00:41:07.986
and my heart and mind will have relief.
00:41:07.986 --> 00:41:09.730
That's all, yeah.
00:41:09.730 --> 00:41:12.264
You should pursue that as a career.
00:41:12.264 --> 00:41:13.500
- Ah, you think?
00:41:13.500 --> 00:41:15.930
Everybody departs one way or another.
00:41:15.930 --> 00:41:22.270
I mean, there is so many people
that's come and gone out of my life.
00:41:22.270 --> 00:41:25.658
I mean, just...
00:41:25.658 --> 00:41:26.626
I don't know.
00:41:26.626 --> 00:41:36.800
00:41:36.800 --> 00:41:37.740
- Hi Annette.
00:41:37.740 --> 00:41:39.170
This is Claudette White.
00:41:39.170 --> 00:41:44.050
Unfortunately, we had a situation
last week that I'm calling to report.
00:41:44.050 --> 00:41:46.140
Well, when Isaac went to school last week
00:41:46.140 --> 00:41:50.800
he was under the influence
of alcohol and marijuana.
00:41:50.800 --> 00:41:55.478
And now they're going to
suspend him for the entire year.
00:41:55.478 --> 00:42:00.860
- Uh, what happened in school was I
guess they thought that I was drunk.
00:42:00.860 --> 00:42:01.790
I mean, I'm not drunk.
00:42:01.790 --> 00:42:02.930
It's allergy season.
00:42:02.930 --> 00:42:05.420
I've been up for like two days now.
00:42:05.420 --> 00:42:06.800
And it kind of pissed me off.
00:42:06.800 --> 00:42:07.300
And then...
00:42:07.300 --> 00:42:09.748
00:42:09.748 --> 00:42:12.275
The teachers thought I
was drunk, being stupid.
00:42:12.275 --> 00:42:20.729
00:42:20.729 --> 00:42:23.500
- Our second period I got
a text message from my mom
00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:28.770
saying Isaac was taken by ambulance to
the hospital for possible intoxication.
00:42:28.770 --> 00:42:29.381
But uh...
00:42:29.381 --> 00:42:35.040
00:42:35.040 --> 00:42:38.370
He had the opportunity
to graduate this year.
00:42:38.370 --> 00:42:39.460
- And I still do.
00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:40.890
- Not this year anymore.
00:42:40.890 --> 00:42:48.010
00:42:48.010 --> 00:42:50.420
- I just started drinking.
00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:57.250
I mean, that's what me and my
mom would do when we were...
00:42:57.250 --> 00:43:00.510
When we would get frustrated, we
would just sit there and drink.
00:43:00.510 --> 00:43:05.050
00:43:05.050 --> 00:43:06.250
- Together?
00:43:06.250 --> 00:43:07.134
- Yep.
00:43:07.134 --> 00:43:08.425
- Why would you drink with her?
00:43:08.425 --> 00:43:11.174
If you're saying you're disappointed
that she drinks all the time,
00:43:11.174 --> 00:43:12.640
why would you do it with her?
00:43:12.640 --> 00:43:15.500
- I mean, there's nothing else to do.
00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:16.750
- There's nothing else to do?
00:43:16.750 --> 00:43:17.770
- I try to talk to her.
00:43:17.770 --> 00:43:21.622
She already told us that she
takes her beer over her kids, so.
00:43:21.622 --> 00:43:26.050
00:43:26.050 --> 00:43:27.370
I just kept drinking.
00:43:27.370 --> 00:43:31.640
I was trying to limit myself
to where I would be fine.
00:43:31.640 --> 00:43:33.670
But then I guess I just got out of control.
00:43:33.670 --> 00:43:38.270
00:43:38.270 --> 00:43:41.245
- I'd like to know what happened
and maybe why it happened.
00:43:41.245 --> 00:43:44.946
00:43:44.946 --> 00:43:46.945
- Um, I was drinking.
00:43:46.945 --> 00:43:49.180
I drink a lot.
00:43:49.180 --> 00:43:52.310
The reason why I mainly did it was
because just thinking about everything.
00:43:52.310 --> 00:43:54.930
I mean, my mom, that upsets me a lot.
00:43:54.930 --> 00:43:58.390
I'm supposed to be graduating in three
months, and I'm barely a sophomore.
00:43:58.390 --> 00:44:00.700
I have all this stuff just frustrating me.
00:44:00.700 --> 00:44:01.660
I can't...
00:44:01.660 --> 00:44:04.990
I mean, I'm supposed to be
worrying about school and all that.
00:44:04.990 --> 00:44:06.879
It's just really hard though.
00:44:06.879 --> 00:44:08.920
- We knew that you were
going to have a hard time
00:44:08.920 --> 00:44:11.080
just going back to the
regular school setting.
00:44:11.080 --> 00:44:14.530
And I'm glad you have those, you
know, big expectations for yourself
00:44:14.530 --> 00:44:16.150
about what you're supposed to do.
00:44:16.150 --> 00:44:17.920
But you're in a better place still.
00:44:17.920 --> 00:44:21.590
You're still better off
than you were last year.
00:44:21.590 --> 00:44:25.730
But on this one incident, I'm
not willing to give up on you.
00:44:25.730 --> 00:44:29.200
You know, I want to continue to be there
for you and, like I said, support you.
00:44:29.200 --> 00:44:32.170
And not just till you turn
18, but throughout your life.
00:44:32.170 --> 00:44:34.870
00:44:34.870 --> 00:44:39.600
I'm going to be filing for
guardianship here in Tribal Court.
00:44:39.600 --> 00:44:43.770
I asked for an emergency hearing to do that
because I'm concerned about the contact
00:44:43.770 --> 00:44:46.407
your mom is having with you.
00:44:46.407 --> 00:44:48.990
You don't need that burden right
now, dealing with her issues.
00:44:48.990 --> 00:44:54.281
00:44:54.281 --> 00:44:56.686 align:middle line:10%
(KIDS YELLING)
00:44:56.686 --> 00:45:14.208
00:45:14.208 --> 00:45:16.476 align:middle line:10%
- Ready, go!
00:45:16.476 --> 00:45:16.975
See?
00:45:16.975 --> 00:45:23.010
00:45:23.010 --> 00:45:25.770
My hope is that because
my son's an ICWA child...
00:45:25.770 --> 00:45:27.550
- Hey, can I have it?
00:45:27.550 --> 00:45:32.970
- ...they will close out my case in Imperial
County CPS and transfer jurisdiction
00:45:32.970 --> 00:45:34.950
to the Quechan Indian Tribe.
00:45:34.950 --> 00:45:44.360
00:45:44.360 --> 00:45:49.800
- It's an ICWA case and it involves
tribal family, tribal minor,
00:45:49.800 --> 00:45:51.900
and should be eligible for transfer.
00:45:51.900 --> 00:45:54.630
00:45:54.630 --> 00:45:57.810
We take the position that
a transfer to Tribal Court
00:45:57.810 --> 00:46:00.200
is always in a minor's best interest.
00:46:00.200 --> 00:46:05.700
- Child support second with regards to
a transfer of this case on a petition.
00:46:05.700 --> 00:46:08.700
- Being in the state court
system is pretty intimidating
00:46:08.700 --> 00:46:12.510
because there's all kinds of players
in that system, and people get lost.
00:46:12.510 --> 00:46:17.550
- California Rules of Court
5.483 regarding transfer cases...
00:46:17.550 --> 00:46:20.775
- In the state courts, a lot of
what happens is just about process.
00:46:20.775 --> 00:46:32.730
00:46:32.730 --> 00:46:34.050
- It went good.
00:46:34.050 --> 00:46:36.060
It was transferred.
00:46:36.060 --> 00:46:38.094
And hopefully everything
turns out better now
00:46:38.094 --> 00:46:40.260
to where we won't ever have
to come back here again.
00:46:40.260 --> 00:46:44.960
00:46:44.960 --> 00:46:47.390
- He did it again.
00:46:47.390 --> 00:46:49.202
- Here, here, here, look.
00:46:49.202 --> 00:46:49.870
- Let me try.
00:46:49.870 --> 00:46:50.370
- No!
00:46:50.370 --> 00:46:51.620
You don't know how to play yet!
00:46:51.620 --> 00:46:52.160
You do not.
00:46:52.160 --> 00:46:53.840
- Yes, I do!
00:46:53.840 --> 00:46:56.220
(DRU HUMMING)
00:46:56.220 --> 00:46:58.709
- The court granted
transfer, and so the case
00:46:58.709 --> 00:47:00.750
has been transferred to
the Quechan Tribal Court.
00:47:00.750 --> 00:47:04.200
Outstanding on this issue
though, is the issues
00:47:04.200 --> 00:47:06.750
regarding permanency and reunification.
00:47:06.750 --> 00:47:10.410
And so the goal now is to set
a case plan to just ensure
00:47:10.410 --> 00:47:14.370
that your son's needs are being able
to be met, that you're able to provide
00:47:14.370 --> 00:47:16.530
all the things that he needs.
00:47:16.530 --> 00:47:19.807
So we'll wait for that information
to be filed with the court.
00:47:19.807 --> 00:47:22.140
And I just want to remind you
as parents, that your son,
00:47:22.140 --> 00:47:25.410
with the special needs that he has,
really needs both to be committed.
00:47:25.410 --> 00:47:29.880
And Mr. Denard, to offer whatever
support you can, sir, to their mother
00:47:29.880 --> 00:47:33.142
as a primary caretaker of the children.
00:47:33.142 --> 00:47:34.290
- Exactly, yes.
00:47:34.290 --> 00:47:35.410
- OK.
00:47:35.410 --> 00:47:37.080
- Dru, do you like reading?
00:47:37.080 --> 00:47:37.780
- Yeah.
00:47:37.780 --> 00:47:39.160
- What do you like reading about?
00:47:39.160 --> 00:47:39.660
- Sharks.
00:47:39.660 --> 00:47:44.210
00:47:44.210 --> 00:47:47.480
- Um, I would like for my son
to attend a school in Yuma.
00:47:47.480 --> 00:47:51.200
- I'm not opposed to where he goes
to school, so long as he's in school
00:47:51.200 --> 00:47:54.560
and whatever school he's
in is meeting his needs.
00:47:54.560 --> 00:47:56.360
OK, so the court today is going to go ahead
00:47:56.360 --> 00:47:59.820
and continue the matter
in terms of reunification.
00:47:59.820 --> 00:48:04.330
And so we'll go ahead and set the matter
for probably a 60 day period to review.
00:48:04.330 --> 00:48:07.780
And Dru, you hang in there and
you keep trying in school, OK?
00:48:07.780 --> 00:48:08.280
- OK.
00:48:08.280 --> 00:48:09.920
- I'm counting on you.
00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:11.080
Thank you.
00:48:11.080 --> 00:48:13.730
And we'll see you later.
00:48:13.730 --> 00:48:15.058
Good luck to you.
00:48:15.058 --> 00:48:17.054
(MUSIC PLAYING)
00:48:17.054 --> 00:48:30.030
00:48:30.030 --> 00:48:34.930
- There are some things we get done here on
the reservation, and we go to All Central
00:48:34.930 --> 00:48:38.716
to get the further help that
we need for his epilepsy.
00:48:38.716 --> 00:48:39.940
- Morning, Dru.
00:48:39.940 --> 00:48:42.730
- He's also getting help
at the school in Yuma.
00:48:42.730 --> 00:48:46.031
He sees a counselor, and
she helps with anger.
00:48:46.031 --> 00:48:46.530
- OK.
00:48:46.530 --> 00:48:48.238
Let's remember the hallway rules now, OK?
00:48:48.238 --> 00:48:49.710
- OK.
00:48:49.710 --> 00:48:52.480
- She gives him family support,
because me and the father
00:48:52.480 --> 00:48:55.970
aren't together to help him deal with that.
00:48:55.970 --> 00:49:00.880
She teaches him how to deal with
himself when he has moments.
00:49:00.880 --> 00:49:02.609
- I'm breaking it, because it's...
00:49:02.609 --> 00:49:03.192
- I can do it.
00:49:03.192 --> 00:49:05.010
I know how to.
00:49:05.010 --> 00:49:06.150
(KIDS LAUGHING)
00:49:06.150 --> 00:49:07.380
00:49:07.380 --> 00:49:09.670
- Are we being safe and respectful?
00:49:09.670 --> 00:49:10.380
Dru?
00:49:10.380 --> 00:49:10.880
Thank you.
00:49:10.880 --> 00:49:13.658
00:49:13.658 --> 00:49:15.050
- How you doing, babe?
00:49:15.050 --> 00:49:16.834
He's calmer.
00:49:16.834 --> 00:49:18.440
Him and his sister interact.
00:49:18.440 --> 00:49:20.570
They actually share.
00:49:20.570 --> 00:49:27.350
Yes, he has moments where he gets upset,
but there's no violent behavior like before.
00:49:27.350 --> 00:49:28.910
No, I don't think so.
00:49:28.910 --> 00:49:30.110
I said after dinner.
00:49:30.110 --> 00:49:32.490
It's a lot better.
00:49:32.490 --> 00:49:33.090
A lot better.
00:49:33.090 --> 00:49:37.509
00:49:37.509 --> 00:49:38.050
- I'm scared.
00:49:38.050 --> 00:49:44.674
00:49:44.674 --> 00:49:46.465
- Dru has family support, he's got parents.
00:49:46.465 --> 00:49:49.360
00:49:49.360 --> 00:49:51.130
In Isaac's case, he didn't have parents.
00:49:51.130 --> 00:49:53.644
You know, his mom wasn't
willing to care for him.
00:49:53.644 --> 00:50:09.558
00:50:09.558 --> 00:50:11.655
Are you nervous, or are you all right?
00:50:11.655 --> 00:50:12.154
- I'm fine.
00:50:12.154 --> 00:50:15.350
00:50:15.350 --> 00:50:16.900 align:middle line:10%
- Court is now called in session.
00:50:16.900 --> 00:50:19.970 align:middle line:10%
The Honorable Judge Henderson
presiding in regards to the matter
00:50:19.970 --> 00:50:23.780 align:middle line:10%
of the guardianship of Isaac Raven Palone.
00:50:23.780 --> 00:50:25.560
- So this is Isaac.
00:50:25.560 --> 00:50:27.260
Hi, Isaac.
00:50:27.260 --> 00:50:27.950
How old are you?
00:50:27.950 --> 00:50:29.430
- Seventeen.
00:50:29.430 --> 00:50:32.780
- And we're here today because
Ms. White has petitioned the court
00:50:32.780 --> 00:50:36.500
to become Isaac's guardian.
00:50:36.500 --> 00:50:41.520
And biological mom and dad are
somewhere on the reservation?
00:50:41.520 --> 00:50:44.270
- His dad is actually about
five minutes down the road
00:50:44.270 --> 00:50:46.520
at Isaac's grandmother's home.
00:50:46.520 --> 00:50:48.764
But he doesn't regularly see him.
00:50:48.764 --> 00:50:50.180
- Have you heard from your mother?
00:50:50.180 --> 00:50:50.653
- Yeah.
00:50:50.653 --> 00:50:51.153
I talked...
00:50:51.153 --> 00:50:53.491
- When, when?
00:50:53.491 --> 00:50:54.910
- Couple days ago.
00:50:54.910 --> 00:50:56.100
- Couple of days ago.
00:50:56.100 --> 00:50:57.950
How did she contact you?
00:50:57.950 --> 00:50:59.120
- Facebook.
00:50:59.120 --> 00:51:00.770
- What did she have to say?
00:51:00.770 --> 00:51:04.340
- She did say she wants me to go
live with her up there with my aunt.
00:51:04.340 --> 00:51:07.862
But I told her no till she
gets a place of her own.
00:51:07.862 --> 00:51:09.445
- It consumes him when it's occurring.
00:51:09.445 --> 00:51:12.080
He'll say, "My mom's," you
know, "she's drunk right now
00:51:12.080 --> 00:51:14.360
and she's texting me saying this and that."
00:51:14.360 --> 00:51:16.850
It really upsets him and
he carries that with him,
00:51:16.850 --> 00:51:19.170
and sometimes his behavior
changes because of it.
00:51:19.170 --> 00:51:23.360
And beyond that, he's a really good kid.
00:51:23.360 --> 00:51:25.850
He just, to me, is in a
very vulnerable situation
00:51:25.850 --> 00:51:30.570
in terms of trying to
make it each day sober.
00:51:30.570 --> 00:51:35.610 align:middle line:10%
- I love my sister dearly, but she's not a
person right now to take care of her kids.
00:51:35.610 --> 00:51:37.740 align:middle line:10%
And she didn't take care
of them before, either.
00:51:37.740 --> 00:51:39.100
They were in placement.
00:51:39.100 --> 00:51:40.710
- Where was that?
00:51:40.710 --> 00:51:42.920
- Benson, Tucson, and Phoenix.
00:51:42.920 --> 00:51:45.150
- Was it for Native American children?
00:51:45.150 --> 00:51:46.270
- Nuh-uh.
00:51:46.270 --> 00:51:47.520
- They were in state care.
00:51:47.520 --> 00:51:48.240
- OK.
00:51:48.240 --> 00:51:52.260
- The reason we have the relationship
we do is because his mother
00:51:52.260 --> 00:51:54.870
was actually in foster care with my family.
00:51:54.870 --> 00:51:58.820
I believe she was 17, and she
found out she was pregnant.
00:51:58.820 --> 00:52:03.280
She was actually in our
home when she delivered him.
00:52:03.280 --> 00:52:06.550
His mother lived with us
until she finally confessed
00:52:06.550 --> 00:52:09.370
that she was on crystal meth at the time,
00:52:09.370 --> 00:52:14.950
and she was abusing him
when he was just an infant.
00:52:14.950 --> 00:52:20.750
And so Isaac was raised with me like my
little brother until my mom passed in 2003.
00:52:20.750 --> 00:52:23.000
My mom was his guardian.
00:52:23.000 --> 00:52:24.330
- You've had a tough life.
00:52:24.330 --> 00:52:26.390
I'm just going to say this.
00:52:26.390 --> 00:52:28.910
And it's not your fault.
00:52:28.910 --> 00:52:35.780
But you're going to be 18 in two months,
and that makes you legally emancipated.
00:52:35.780 --> 00:52:38.090
But there's nothing magic about 18.
00:52:38.090 --> 00:52:41.735
You still need a lot of help, and you've
got some people here who want to help you.
00:52:41.735 --> 00:52:42.235
- Yeah.
00:52:42.235 --> 00:52:44.660
- One thing that I love
so much about the Tribe,
00:52:44.660 --> 00:52:47.070
even though I'm obviously
not a member of it,
00:52:47.070 --> 00:52:51.470
is the community and the
resources and the wisdom --
00:52:51.470 --> 00:52:53.150
especially of the elders.
00:52:53.150 --> 00:52:56.540
So I want you to sit down
with an elder sometime, OK?
00:52:56.540 --> 00:52:58.880
Talk to them about what's important.
00:52:58.880 --> 00:53:00.470
OK.
00:53:00.470 --> 00:53:05.810
I'll grant the petition for emergency
temporary guardianship of the minor,
00:53:05.810 --> 00:53:07.640
Isaac Palone.
00:53:07.640 --> 00:53:11.540
I'm basing my decision on
my finding that both parents
00:53:11.540 --> 00:53:14.110
have effectively abandoned Isaac.
00:53:14.110 --> 00:53:16.540
(MUSIC PLAYING)
00:53:16.540 --> 00:53:28.710
00:53:28.710 --> 00:53:30.800
- When he was originally
in the state system,
00:53:30.800 --> 00:53:34.920
I did call his social worker asking
for the opportunity to care for him,
00:53:34.920 --> 00:53:38.570
and we didn't even get visitation.
00:53:38.570 --> 00:53:42.676
We continued to call his state social
worker, and we never got visitation.
00:53:42.676 --> 00:53:45.116
00:53:45.116 --> 00:53:48.120
I think had Isaac not
been in the state system
00:53:48.120 --> 00:53:51.960
and maybe in the tribal setting
or the tribal judicial structure,
00:53:51.960 --> 00:53:56.730
his outcome possibly
could have been different.
00:53:56.730 --> 00:53:58.690
To me, he was failed.
00:53:58.690 --> 00:54:00.360
He was failed by the state system.
00:54:00.360 --> 00:54:06.288
00:54:06.288 --> 00:54:07.270
- Not no more.
00:54:07.270 --> 00:54:07.770
- No?
00:54:07.770 --> 00:54:09.959
00:54:09.959 --> 00:54:11.500
- Hogg is a born rider, look at that.
00:54:11.500 --> 00:54:13.460
- He is, huh.
00:54:13.460 --> 00:54:15.250
- He's about ready for the next size.
00:54:15.250 --> 00:54:18.570
- Pretty much why I'm
pushing this NA so hard
00:54:18.570 --> 00:54:22.780
is because I don't want my kid
to be a drug addict like me.
00:54:22.780 --> 00:54:26.290
00:54:26.290 --> 00:54:31.630
- Our children are the ones who
will make what we are going to be.
00:54:31.630 --> 00:54:34.420
And children learn things from grownups.
00:54:34.420 --> 00:54:38.976
And if the grownups act badly,
then the children will act badly.
00:54:38.976 --> 00:54:40.350
That's what we're trying to stop.
00:54:40.350 --> 00:54:48.142
00:54:48.142 --> 00:54:49.603
- Watch out, Hogg.
00:54:49.603 --> 00:54:51.880
- Dad, are we gonna cook them?
00:54:51.880 --> 00:54:53.688
- Yeah, we're gonna cook them.
00:54:53.688 --> 00:54:55.044
00:54:55.044 --> 00:54:56.400
- Daddy, show me where.
00:54:56.400 --> 00:54:59.222
00:54:59.222 --> 00:55:00.600
- Yep, throw them right here.
00:55:00.600 --> 00:55:01.792
Oh, good job, Hogg.
00:55:01.792 --> 00:55:18.030
00:55:18.030 --> 00:55:19.970
- Whoa.
00:55:19.970 --> 00:55:23.560
- Yeah, I don't want that in my truck.
00:55:23.560 --> 00:55:25.370
- Tell your dad about it.
00:55:25.370 --> 00:55:29.740 align:middle line:10%
- We had a little incident with
Taos where he had to come in
00:55:29.740 --> 00:55:34.780 align:middle line:10%
and report that he felt
that his son was in danger.
00:55:34.780 --> 00:55:36.670
- Here, get that off of him.
00:55:36.670 --> 00:55:40.000
- And with her using drugs,
he didn't feel like the child
00:55:40.000 --> 00:55:43.450
was being cared for properly.
00:55:43.450 --> 00:55:49.390
We went and got the child from Kelly
and placed him with Taos, the father,
00:55:49.390 --> 00:55:50.310
for the time being.
00:55:50.310 --> 00:55:57.860
00:55:57.860 --> 00:56:01.820 align:middle line:10%
- It was hard for me to do that
because, you know, I love her.
00:56:01.820 --> 00:56:04.040
But what it really felt like
was I was betraying her.
00:56:04.040 --> 00:56:05.010
You know what I mean?
00:56:05.010 --> 00:56:09.180
Like I was just doing
something wrong, you know.
00:56:09.180 --> 00:56:15.060
But then I'd look at it from
taking care of my son, his side.
00:56:15.060 --> 00:56:16.625
And then it was easier to do it.
00:56:16.625 --> 00:56:18.080
You know what I mean?
00:56:18.080 --> 00:56:21.475
00:56:21.475 --> 00:56:24.390 align:middle line:10%
- Hello, Taos?
00:56:24.390 --> 00:56:25.616
Can you hear us?
00:56:25.616 --> 00:56:27.290
- Yeah, I can hear you.
00:56:27.290 --> 00:56:28.180
- Hey, Taos.
00:56:28.180 --> 00:56:29.630
I'm here, it's Abby.
00:56:29.630 --> 00:56:31.770 align:middle line:10%
Sky is here, and Kelly's here.
00:56:31.770 --> 00:56:35.110
And now Sky is going to give
me a report on where we are.
00:56:35.110 --> 00:56:35.610
All right.
00:56:35.610 --> 00:56:37.680
- Miss Gibson called last week.
00:56:37.680 --> 00:56:40.170
She wanted visitation with her son.
00:56:40.170 --> 00:56:46.380
She came in and drug tested, and we've had
three successful visits in the last week.
00:56:46.380 --> 00:56:51.330
And she would be asking that the temporary
restraining order be lifted at this time.
00:56:51.330 --> 00:56:55.860
- How you resolve your relationship
is really none of my business.
00:56:55.860 --> 00:56:59.310
But you do have a child,
and that can be my business
00:56:59.310 --> 00:57:02.730
in the sense of your
co-parenting responsibilities.
00:57:02.730 --> 00:57:07.050
So what I would like to do is
resolve the restraining order
00:57:07.050 --> 00:57:10.620
with you both agreeing that you
will go to co-parent counseling.
00:57:10.620 --> 00:57:12.920
Does that work for both of you?
00:57:12.920 --> 00:57:15.000
Miss Gibson is indicating it works for her.
00:57:15.000 --> 00:57:20.700
00:57:20.700 --> 00:57:21.200
- All right.
00:57:21.200 --> 00:57:26.820
Miss Gibson is already enrolling in
Wellness Court, and part of her enrollment
00:57:26.820 --> 00:57:29.100
will be testing and that will continue.
00:57:29.100 --> 00:57:29.780
- OK.
00:57:29.780 --> 00:57:31.020
- All right, cool.
00:57:31.020 --> 00:57:32.340
Thank you.
00:57:32.340 --> 00:57:33.570
All right, talk to you later.
00:57:33.570 --> 00:57:35.501
- All right, later.
00:57:35.501 --> 00:57:36.000
- Thank you.
00:57:36.000 --> 00:57:36.500
- Thank you.
00:57:36.500 --> 00:57:39.950
00:57:39.950 --> 00:57:43.370
- So his mother brought me back
my son that night, actually.
00:57:43.370 --> 00:57:47.379
And then an hour after that
here comes Taos, you know.
00:57:47.379 --> 00:57:49.170
And he stayed the night with me and my son.
00:57:49.170 --> 00:57:52.010
And, you know, that was nice.
00:57:52.010 --> 00:57:54.180
And I just...
00:57:54.180 --> 00:57:57.510
I hadn't seen Taos in I
don't know how long --
00:57:57.510 --> 00:58:01.120
month or, you know, we had been going
through problems even before that.
00:58:01.120 --> 00:58:04.260
But that's the first time that we had
been together and I had been clean.
00:58:04.260 --> 00:58:07.720
And yeah, it just was nice.
00:58:07.720 --> 00:58:10.420
- They have issues that
they need to deal with.
00:58:10.420 --> 00:58:12.250
And they both want to.
00:58:12.250 --> 00:58:17.190
And it will not help them if we let them
be distracted by each other, you know.
00:58:17.190 --> 00:58:21.400
00:58:21.400 --> 00:58:23.650
- He had his NA meetings.
00:58:23.650 --> 00:58:27.670
And, you know, I was always
dishonest about my habit with him.
00:58:27.670 --> 00:58:29.320
And, you know, trying to hide it.
00:58:29.320 --> 00:58:34.090
00:58:34.090 --> 00:58:37.885
I should have given up meth when he
came home clean from rehab, you know.
00:58:37.885 --> 00:58:39.460
I should have been done then.
00:58:39.460 --> 00:59:01.400
00:59:01.400 --> 00:59:03.400
- Just keep your head up,
man, and stick it out.
00:59:03.400 --> 00:59:04.524
Whatever happens, happens.
00:59:04.524 --> 00:59:05.024
- Yeah.
00:59:05.024 --> 00:59:11.320
00:59:11.320 --> 00:59:17.980
- We're here on a review of a
guardianship involving Isaac Palone.
00:59:17.980 --> 00:59:21.880
This hearing was important to hold now
because something is about to happen.
00:59:21.880 --> 00:59:22.910
What's about to happen?
00:59:22.910 --> 00:59:23.922
- I'm gonna turn 18.
00:59:23.922 --> 00:59:25.570
- When does that happen?
00:59:25.570 --> 00:59:26.600
- On Monday.
00:59:26.600 --> 00:59:27.100
- OK.
00:59:27.100 --> 00:59:28.990
Let me ask Miss White.
00:59:28.990 --> 00:59:30.490
How's he doing?
00:59:30.490 --> 00:59:32.020
- He's doing good for the most part.
00:59:32.020 --> 00:59:33.880
He had some challenges.
00:59:33.880 --> 00:59:37.660
His probation officer explained
that he's facing two new charges
00:59:37.660 --> 00:59:39.662
for the incident that occurred at school.
00:59:39.662 --> 00:59:41.620
And I asked when he would
be arraigned on them.
00:59:41.620 --> 00:59:45.078
She said, well, they're probably just going
to sit and hold them until he turned 18
00:59:45.078 --> 00:59:46.610
and then charge him as an adult.
00:59:46.610 --> 00:59:47.300
- Really?
00:59:47.300 --> 00:59:47.800
- Yeah.
00:59:47.800 --> 00:59:52.660
And we just really, really want him
to do well, and he wants to do well.
00:59:52.660 --> 00:59:56.230
It's just, the urges are there
and the pressures are there,
00:59:56.230 --> 00:59:58.450
and sometimes he wants to succumb to them.
00:59:58.450 --> 01:00:03.380
But I believe him when he
says he's going to try.
01:00:03.380 --> 01:00:08.410
- I know we had discussed, and I had
ordered, a psychological evaluation.
01:00:08.410 --> 01:00:09.970
What became of that?
01:00:09.970 --> 01:00:14.210
- Dr. Laura explained to me just
about the extent of Isaac's abuse --
01:00:14.210 --> 01:00:18.350
not only in the care of parents,
but also in the care of the system.
01:00:18.350 --> 01:00:21.320
And he explained to me
some limitations Isaac had
01:00:21.320 --> 01:00:26.960
in terms of accepting people
who want to care for him.
01:00:26.960 --> 01:00:29.600 align:middle line:10%
- Currently, his placement is very stable.
01:00:29.600 --> 01:00:32.400 align:middle line:10%
Miss White has provided
a stable home for him.
01:00:32.400 --> 01:00:35.380
He also has a very good
relationship with Zion.
01:00:35.380 --> 01:00:39.070
They see each other as brothers.
01:00:39.070 --> 01:00:41.540
She's also advocated very
hard for him in school
01:00:41.540 --> 01:00:44.060
where there's an academic plan in place.
01:00:44.060 --> 01:00:50.900
And that plan involves him getting a
diploma under an adult education situation.
01:00:50.900 --> 01:00:55.280
But Tribal Council is concerned
that he's not ready for adulthood,
01:00:55.280 --> 01:01:01.080
and we're asking that guardianship
remain in place even after the age of 18.
01:01:01.080 --> 01:01:06.440
- Unfortunately, the law doesn't really
allow us to keep any control over you
01:01:06.440 --> 01:01:08.800
past the age of 18.
01:01:08.800 --> 01:01:10.610
So I'm not aware of anything.
01:01:10.610 --> 01:01:12.380
If anybody else is...?
01:01:12.380 --> 01:01:14.840
- I would argue under Custom
and Tradition that this court
01:01:14.840 --> 01:01:19.220
has historically extended
guardianships past the age of 18,
01:01:19.220 --> 01:01:23.520
especially when wards were in school.
01:01:23.520 --> 01:01:26.060
- So the court will make
the following orders,
01:01:26.060 --> 01:01:30.350
that the guardianship will remain open
until Isaac graduates from high school
01:01:30.350 --> 01:01:33.020
or has an equivalent diploma.
01:01:33.020 --> 01:01:36.630
And they'll be orders that will emanate,
so you can get them for the school.
01:01:36.630 --> 01:01:37.910
- OK, thank you.
01:01:37.910 --> 01:01:38.940
- Thank you, your honor.
01:01:38.940 --> 01:01:39.440
- Thank you.
01:01:39.440 --> 01:02:04.940
01:02:04.940 --> 01:02:07.860
- Hi Georgia, this is Claudette
White calling to check and see
01:02:07.860 --> 01:02:10.720
if by chance Isaac made it to school?
01:02:10.720 --> 01:02:16.120
We went to take Zion to school, and
we came home and he wasn't here.
01:02:16.120 --> 01:02:20.122
And it looks like his blankets were made
to look like a person was laying there.
01:02:20.122 --> 01:02:23.080
And his window is wide open, so I
don't know if he took off last night,
01:02:23.080 --> 01:02:24.930
and he's not answering.
01:02:24.930 --> 01:02:28.130
Yeah, try and let me know
if you hear anything.
01:02:28.130 --> 01:02:29.040
OK, thanks.
01:02:29.040 --> 01:02:30.821
Bye.
01:02:30.821 --> 01:02:32.200
- Pulling tricks.
01:02:32.200 --> 01:02:35.010
- Yeah, pulling lies.
01:02:35.010 --> 01:02:37.350
- Does he know he's supposed
to have this dinner today?
01:02:37.350 --> 01:02:38.910
- Yes, he knows.
01:02:38.910 --> 01:02:42.020
First time he's had a party in he
said he couldn't remember when.
01:02:42.020 --> 01:02:43.440
Maybe since he was with us.
01:02:43.440 --> 01:02:45.090
01:02:45.090 --> 01:02:45.920
A real party.
01:02:45.920 --> 01:02:51.070
01:02:51.070 --> 01:02:51.750
Selena?
01:02:51.750 --> 01:02:52.250
- Yes.
01:02:52.250 --> 01:02:53.625
- Hey, this is Claudette calling.
01:02:53.625 --> 01:02:55.190
I have you on speaker phone.
01:02:55.190 --> 01:02:58.146
I'm calling because it
looks like Isaac took off.
01:02:58.146 --> 01:02:59.100
- What?
01:02:59.100 --> 01:03:01.443
- We might cancel the party tonight.
01:03:01.443 --> 01:03:02.734
- I'll call Uncle Ed right now.
01:03:02.734 --> 01:03:03.228
- OK, thank you.
01:03:03.228 --> 01:03:03.728
Bye, bye.
01:03:03.728 --> 01:03:14.096
01:03:14.096 --> 01:03:17.200 align:middle line:10%
- Man, I thought you were gonna go
back to your aunt's house last night.
01:03:17.200 --> 01:03:20.310 align:middle line:10%
- I did, for like a couple minutes.
01:03:20.310 --> 01:03:22.500
Well, it's like thirty minutes.
01:03:22.500 --> 01:03:23.676
And then I...
01:03:23.676 --> 01:03:25.530
I don't know, I just didn't want to...
01:03:25.530 --> 01:03:28.310
I wanted to do something.
01:03:28.310 --> 01:03:30.100
- Was your aunt getting mad at you?
01:03:30.100 --> 01:03:32.650
- She's all talking a bunch of
trash, telling my girlfriend
01:03:32.650 --> 01:03:37.811
that I'm probably seeing
some other girl and stuff.
01:03:37.811 --> 01:03:38.310
- Were you?
01:03:38.310 --> 01:03:40.274
(LAUGHING)
01:03:40.274 --> 01:03:42.730
01:03:42.730 --> 01:03:44.010
- Where'd you go last night?
01:03:44.010 --> 01:03:45.468
- I went to go to a friend's house.
01:03:45.468 --> 01:03:48.450
I was just sitting there talking to
them, and I ended up passing out.
01:03:48.450 --> 01:03:51.870
I woke up around, like, 8:50 maybe.
01:03:51.870 --> 01:03:53.310
I was like, oh man, I got to go!
01:03:53.310 --> 01:03:54.800
- Call her, talk to her.
01:03:54.800 --> 01:03:56.820 align:middle line:10%
Text or something.
01:03:56.820 --> 01:03:58.195
Say like "Hey, I'm OK.
01:03:58.195 --> 01:04:00.790
I'm over here at my dad's."
01:04:00.790 --> 01:04:03.080
- You mean my grandma's?
01:04:03.080 --> 01:04:03.705
- My grandma's.
01:04:03.705 --> 01:04:06.440
"I'm at my grandma's with my dad."
01:04:06.440 --> 01:04:08.780
And then just say that and
see what she says after that.
01:04:08.780 --> 01:04:11.420
01:04:11.420 --> 01:04:14.169
You gonna message her?
01:04:14.169 --> 01:04:15.460
Like your mom, you're stubborn!
01:04:15.460 --> 01:04:21.710
01:04:21.710 --> 01:04:24.910
Well, I didn't know he was
born, because his mom took off
01:04:24.910 --> 01:04:27.730
when she found out she
was pregnant with him.
01:04:27.730 --> 01:04:32.330
And then she said that she had him
in the living room on the floor,
01:04:32.330 --> 01:04:36.107
and then I was like, ugh.
01:04:36.107 --> 01:04:37.940
But I tease him about that all the time too.
01:04:37.940 --> 01:04:39.230
I say he has like a...
01:04:39.230 --> 01:04:42.730
what is that, like, dirt on his
face from falling on the ground?
01:04:42.730 --> 01:04:50.165
01:04:50.165 --> 01:04:51.880
You gonna message her?
01:04:51.880 --> 01:04:55.089
Just so to, like, ease her mind and stuff.
01:04:55.089 --> 01:04:56.880
- Six, seven years I was in the group home,
01:04:56.880 --> 01:04:58.610
so why should she worry now?
01:04:58.610 --> 01:05:04.065
01:05:04.065 --> 01:05:06.005
- Yeah, I don't know.
01:05:06.005 --> 01:05:10.710
I picked up extra hours to work to
make money to throw a party for him.
01:05:10.710 --> 01:05:13.920
Been pushing myself to just try to
make a little extra something for him
01:05:13.920 --> 01:05:19.160
to get him something nice,
and he goes and does this.
01:05:19.160 --> 01:05:20.756
So yeah, I was pretty upset.
01:05:20.756 --> 01:05:32.760
01:05:32.760 --> 01:05:33.760
- Yeah, stir the bottom.
01:05:33.760 --> 01:05:43.770
01:05:43.770 --> 01:05:47.460
- Sorry everybody, I know we
were trying to celebrate Isaac.
01:05:47.460 --> 01:05:53.010
Isaac ran off on us last night,
didn't come home this morning.
01:05:53.010 --> 01:05:55.830
If you guys see him around, you
know, just wish him the best.
01:05:55.830 --> 01:05:56.460
Pray for him.
01:05:56.460 --> 01:05:57.960
We tried to give him an opportunity.
01:05:57.960 --> 01:06:01.110
But, you know, he's used
to living the way he lives
01:06:01.110 --> 01:06:04.300
and he's going to make his own choices.
01:06:04.300 --> 01:06:05.375
So that's where he's at.
01:06:05.375 --> 01:06:07.125
But we'll probably see him around the res.
01:06:07.125 --> 01:06:08.583
And like I said, just pray for him.
01:06:08.583 --> 01:06:09.969
Hope he does well.
01:06:09.969 --> 01:06:11.760
Maybe he'll turn things around for himself.
01:06:11.760 --> 01:06:14.010
Maybe not, but we'll see.
01:06:14.010 --> 01:06:18.510
So in any event, we got pizza, hot dogs,
and chicken, rice and macaroni salad.
01:06:18.510 --> 01:06:20.370
Everybody can just eat and enjoy each other.
01:06:20.370 --> 01:06:25.700
01:06:25.700 --> 01:06:27.590
We're gonna cut this big, beautiful cake.
01:06:27.590 --> 01:06:31.005
01:06:31.005 --> 01:06:34.240
But since he's not here,
we're going to eat it anyway.
01:06:34.240 --> 01:06:35.050
Yep.
01:06:35.050 --> 01:06:37.857
(MUSIC PLAYING)
01:06:37.857 --> 01:07:08.830
01:07:08.830 --> 01:07:09.826
- I'm sweating.
01:07:09.826 --> 01:07:11.950
01:07:11.950 --> 01:07:14.920
- We're building our own house.
01:07:14.920 --> 01:07:17.010
It's just really exciting.
01:07:17.010 --> 01:07:19.004
I love to watch everything he does.
01:07:19.004 --> 01:07:22.180
He's the best at everything that he does.
01:07:22.180 --> 01:07:23.730
- Three bedrooms back here.
01:07:23.730 --> 01:07:24.680
- OK.
01:07:24.680 --> 01:07:28.330
- One, two, bathroom, another bedroom.
01:07:28.330 --> 01:07:31.400
Bathroom right there, kitchen right
there, and living room over here.
01:07:31.400 --> 01:07:31.900
- OK.
01:07:31.900 --> 01:07:33.190
- Who's going to get lumber?
01:07:33.190 --> 01:07:36.580
- I knew that Kelly was
struggling with drugs.
01:07:36.580 --> 01:07:38.676
We broke up over it.
01:07:38.676 --> 01:07:41.350
- It's a lot sturdier than it was.
01:07:41.350 --> 01:07:42.880
I haven't done any drugs since then.
01:07:42.880 --> 01:07:44.410
And it feels good.
01:07:44.410 --> 01:07:48.759
Feels good to just have myself back.
01:07:48.759 --> 01:07:49.550
It's always around.
01:07:49.550 --> 01:07:50.466
There's people around.
01:07:50.466 --> 01:07:52.550
And yeah, I just...
01:07:52.550 --> 01:07:55.400 align:middle line:10%
I wasn't...
01:07:55.400 --> 01:07:56.480
It was hard then.
01:07:56.480 --> 01:07:58.439
But when it came to my son, it wasn't hard.
01:07:58.439 --> 01:07:59.980 align:middle line:10%
And there wasn't a question about it.
01:07:59.980 --> 01:08:02.590
01:08:02.590 --> 01:08:05.330
It's probably the only thing
that he could have done
01:08:05.330 --> 01:08:08.460
that just made everything clear cut.
01:08:08.460 --> 01:08:10.540
And I wasn't going to live without my son.
01:08:10.540 --> 01:08:11.070
Our son.
01:08:11.070 --> 01:08:13.770
01:08:13.770 --> 01:08:16.740 align:middle line:10%
- And from that, became this.
01:08:16.740 --> 01:08:19.984
We straightened up, and within
another six to eight months
01:08:19.984 --> 01:08:22.109
it's really going to be
the life that we've wanted.
01:08:22.109 --> 01:08:25.315
01:08:25.315 --> 01:08:27.149 align:middle line:10%
- OK.
01:08:27.149 --> 01:08:27.859 align:middle line:10%
All right.
01:08:27.859 --> 01:08:33.960 align:middle line:10%
OK, I'm gonna move to Taos
Proctor, also known as Mr. Taos.
01:08:33.960 --> 01:08:35.430
How he got that, I do not know.
01:08:35.430 --> 01:08:37.470
01:08:37.470 --> 01:08:39.090
I do have the report.
01:08:39.090 --> 01:08:42.207
The only thing that we're really
still needing to work on --
01:08:42.207 --> 01:08:44.040
and I guess we'll wait till after fishing --
01:08:44.040 --> 01:08:47.760
is to try to get you into that GED stuff,
because I really still want you to do that.
01:08:47.760 --> 01:08:48.600
- All right.
01:08:48.600 --> 01:08:53.880
- Our goal for Taos is to get an
education, because up to this point in time
01:08:53.880 --> 01:08:57.930
Taos has never been to a real school.
01:08:57.930 --> 01:09:02.670
He's always been inside at the
California Youth Authority, or in prison.
01:09:02.670 --> 01:09:10.260
So we've got to work on his literacy,
and then get him a GED, maybe a vocation.
01:09:10.260 --> 01:09:12.149
- Yolanda, what have I just been handed?
01:09:12.149 --> 01:09:13.050
The request for...
01:09:13.050 --> 01:09:14.189
- Oh, dismissal.
01:09:14.189 --> 01:09:15.029
- Yeah.
01:09:15.029 --> 01:09:17.550
I don't see why he's not ready for that.
01:09:17.550 --> 01:09:19.140
I think we can dismiss him.
01:09:19.140 --> 01:09:21.580
- No, I'd rather just stay
all the way through with it
01:09:21.580 --> 01:09:23.279
until they want to let me off up there.
01:09:23.279 --> 01:09:24.983
In case anything happens, I got help.
01:09:24.983 --> 01:09:26.399
- Well, nothing's going to happen.
01:09:26.399 --> 01:09:28.560
But I think I'd just still
like to stay with you.
01:09:28.560 --> 01:09:29.729
I think that's a good idea.
01:09:29.729 --> 01:09:30.229
- Yeah.
01:09:30.229 --> 01:09:31.229
I still need monitoring.
01:09:31.229 --> 01:09:31.800
- All right.
01:09:31.800 --> 01:09:35.633
- And that way I'll have an official
way to keep hawking you about the GED.
01:09:35.633 --> 01:09:36.550
- All right.
01:09:36.550 --> 01:09:37.050
- All right.
01:09:37.050 --> 01:09:38.550
I think that's a good thing.
01:09:38.550 --> 01:09:40.681
You guys coming to the
gathering Friday night?
01:09:40.681 --> 01:09:41.180
- Yeah.
01:09:41.180 --> 01:09:42.870
- OK, cool.
01:09:42.870 --> 01:09:43.450
Thanks, Taos.
01:09:43.450 --> 01:09:43.800
- All right, thank you.
01:09:43.800 --> 01:09:44.069
- All right.
01:09:44.069 --> 01:09:44.860
See you later, man.
01:09:44.860 --> 01:09:47.939
He's going to do well, but
it's really important to me
01:09:47.939 --> 01:09:51.979
that he have a certain
base level of education.
01:09:51.979 --> 01:09:54.570
And he needs to do it, because he has a son
01:09:54.570 --> 01:09:57.430
and he's going to have to
see to his son's education.
01:09:57.430 --> 01:10:00.680
And it's not that much trouble
for me to bully him into it, so.
01:10:00.680 --> 01:10:07.280
01:10:07.280 --> 01:10:12.580
- On my 18th birthday, I ended
up getting drunk with my father.
01:10:12.580 --> 01:10:18.670
I got busted for aggravated assault with
a deadly weapon and three burglaries
01:10:18.670 --> 01:10:21.760
because I broke into three
cars, and then I guess
01:10:21.760 --> 01:10:25.390
supposedly I tried to stop
some guy with a screwdriver
01:10:25.390 --> 01:10:27.102
when he was trying to beat me up
01:10:27.102 --> 01:10:28.060
or something like that.
01:10:28.060 --> 01:10:30.044
01:10:30.044 --> 01:10:34.540
- The plea agreement states that you are
agreeing to plead guilty to count two,
01:10:34.540 --> 01:10:37.148
burglary in the third degree
-- a Class Four felony.
01:10:37.148 --> 01:10:40.845
This offence carries a presumptive
prison sentence of 2 1/2 years,
01:10:40.845 --> 01:10:44.777
which could be increased
to as much as 3.75 years
01:10:44.777 --> 01:10:46.610
if the court found aggravated circumstances.
01:10:46.610 --> 01:11:01.030
01:11:01.030 --> 01:11:02.030
- You can't cry in here.
01:11:02.030 --> 01:11:06.500
I mean, it's just going to be
stuck in a room crying to yourself.
01:11:06.500 --> 01:11:08.950
I mean, it sucks.
01:11:08.950 --> 01:11:09.630
It really does.
01:11:09.630 --> 01:11:12.536
01:11:12.536 --> 01:11:14.660
I've been doing a lot of
writing in here and, yeah.
01:11:14.660 --> 01:11:15.520
And I don't know.
01:11:15.520 --> 01:11:20.830
Just keep going forward
with what I have to do.
01:11:20.830 --> 01:11:21.550
What is love?
01:11:21.550 --> 01:11:23.620
The question everyone wants to know.
01:11:23.620 --> 01:11:25.690
I couldn't tell you if
it shot me in the dome.
01:11:25.690 --> 01:11:28.340
Alone in this world with no place to go.
01:11:28.340 --> 01:11:30.250
A home full of nothing but lies.
01:11:30.250 --> 01:11:31.900
A home that I've grown to despise.
01:11:31.900 --> 01:11:33.490
It's insanity since I've been here.
01:11:33.490 --> 01:11:35.447
I've got no love for my family.
01:11:35.447 --> 01:11:37.155
I guess you could just call me bastardly.
01:11:37.155 --> 01:11:39.040
A father that doesn't matter to me.
01:11:39.040 --> 01:11:41.770
An incapacitated mother with no sanity.
01:11:41.770 --> 01:11:44.410
I know God's got a plan
for me through this mess.
01:11:44.410 --> 01:11:45.880
I ain't tripping no longer.
01:11:45.880 --> 01:11:48.310
Through all my tribulations
they made me stronger.
01:11:48.310 --> 01:11:49.870
I'm not the man that I used to be,
01:11:49.870 --> 01:11:52.130
but I'm far from the man
that God needs to see.
01:11:52.130 --> 01:11:54.830
01:11:54.830 --> 01:11:58.880
- I told him, I said, you know, jail
is no place for an Indian person.
01:11:58.880 --> 01:11:59.870
We don't have means.
01:11:59.870 --> 01:12:01.100
We don't have the resources.
01:12:01.100 --> 01:12:04.867
You don't have the income to
fight those type of cases, I said.
01:12:04.867 --> 01:12:07.200
But you should have thought
about that in the beginning.
01:12:07.200 --> 01:12:24.132
01:12:24.132 --> 01:12:25.960
(SINGING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE)
01:12:25.960 --> 01:12:30.655
01:12:30.655 --> 01:12:34.130
- (SINGING) Broke and lonely she went home.
01:12:34.130 --> 01:12:35.540
Now I'm all alone.
01:12:35.540 --> 01:12:38.390
Now I'm broke and lonely again.
01:12:38.390 --> 01:12:42.807
Heyah, heyah, hey, wayah ayah, ayah, ah, ya.
01:12:42.807 --> 01:12:44.390
(SINGING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE CONTINUES)
01:12:44.390 --> 01:12:53.200
01:12:53.200 --> 01:12:56.870
(SINGING) Broke and lonely she went home.
01:12:56.870 --> 01:13:01.160
Now I'm all alone, now I'm
broke and lonely again.
01:13:01.160 --> 01:13:02.670
Heyah, heyah, hey.
01:13:02.670 --> 01:13:04.990
01:13:04.990 --> 01:13:07.210
When I wake up I'm going
to go to court, and then
01:13:07.210 --> 01:13:09.550
they're going to tell me
whether or not I'm on probation
01:13:09.550 --> 01:13:12.384
or I'm going to be sentenced to prison.
01:13:12.384 --> 01:13:14.800
My girlfriend said she's going
to be at my court date too,
01:13:14.800 --> 01:13:18.100
so I'm hoping good results come out.
01:13:18.100 --> 01:13:39.620
01:13:39.620 --> 01:13:42.610
- I'm happy for him that he's
going to be out of custody,
01:13:42.610 --> 01:13:44.403
but I'm also very concerned for him.
01:13:44.403 --> 01:13:46.820
01:13:46.820 --> 01:13:50.290
I hear, in terms of the fines and the fees,
01:13:50.290 --> 01:13:55.090
he's going to have to pay for supervision,
sounds like it's about $120 a month
01:13:55.090 --> 01:13:56.431
all in total.
01:13:56.431 --> 01:13:59.764
Doesn't have resources, so he's going to
have to figure out something, and fast.
01:13:59.764 --> 01:14:05.970
01:14:05.970 --> 01:14:08.210
- Oh, it's so cold out here.
01:14:08.210 --> 01:14:09.430
I want to stay out now.
01:14:09.430 --> 01:14:10.740
I don't want to be in there.
01:14:10.740 --> 01:14:11.560
It sucked in there.
01:14:11.560 --> 01:14:16.210
- Well, you realize if you go back you're
looking at 3.75 years, he was saying.
01:14:16.210 --> 01:14:17.520
And it's not going to be here.
01:14:17.520 --> 01:14:19.340
- Yeah, it's prison.
01:14:19.340 --> 01:14:20.190
- It's prison.
01:14:20.190 --> 01:14:22.061
This is just temporary.
01:14:22.061 --> 01:14:22.560
- Yeah.
01:14:22.560 --> 01:14:23.740 align:middle line:10%
- They'll give you some time frames.
01:14:23.740 --> 01:14:26.230 align:middle line:10%
Just make sure you're communicating
with them when you're checking in.
01:14:26.230 --> 01:14:28.870
But you're gonna have to make
sure you take care of your fees.
01:14:28.870 --> 01:14:29.369
- Yeah.
01:14:29.369 --> 01:14:33.214
- And give me a call later and let
me know where to take your stuff.
01:14:33.214 --> 01:14:33.714
- OK.
01:14:33.714 --> 01:14:34.212
- I love you.
01:14:34.212 --> 01:14:34.837
- Love you too.
01:14:34.837 --> 01:14:37.698
01:14:37.698 --> 01:14:40.188
(MUSIC PLAYING)
01:14:40.188 --> 01:15:27.000
01:15:27.000 --> 01:15:29.790
- We're going to Tribal Court.
01:15:29.790 --> 01:15:34.830
And I'm hoping this is going to be
the final ruling that, you know,
01:15:34.830 --> 01:15:38.520
I've done everything as a parent to
make sure he got the help and services
01:15:38.520 --> 01:15:39.810
that he needed.
01:15:39.810 --> 01:15:42.990
And I hope that they just
close this and say it's done.
01:15:42.990 --> 01:15:49.705
01:15:49.705 --> 01:15:50.205
- Come on.
01:15:50.205 --> 01:15:53.580
01:15:53.580 --> 01:15:57.550
- The court has received a report from
Quechan Social Services filed this morning,
01:15:57.550 --> 01:16:00.810
and I'd like to hear from the
parents to find out how he's doing.
01:16:00.810 --> 01:16:03.360
- It's going a lot better than it ever was.
01:16:03.360 --> 01:16:05.850
His behavior is better.
01:16:05.850 --> 01:16:09.900
And he is seeing his epilepsy
doctor, his psychologist.
01:16:09.900 --> 01:16:13.590
He is seeing his regular
primary care provider.
01:16:13.590 --> 01:16:16.530
He's finally getting the
medical help that he needs.
01:16:16.530 --> 01:16:20.910
And he's doing better in
school, making friends.
01:16:20.910 --> 01:16:26.220
And the teacher gave him
an award two weeks ago.
01:16:26.220 --> 01:16:27.850
- That's really good news.
01:16:27.850 --> 01:16:28.810
- Thank you.
01:16:28.810 --> 01:16:33.120
- I do feel confident that you're able to
secure the services you need for your son.
01:16:33.120 --> 01:16:35.010
You've been vocal and adamant
01:16:35.010 --> 01:16:39.390
and worked really closely
with every agency, the courts.
01:16:39.390 --> 01:16:41.850
And I commend you as a
parent for doing that.
01:16:41.850 --> 01:16:43.820
That's not always easy to do.
01:16:43.820 --> 01:16:48.300
A lot of people give up through the process,
and especially through the state process.
01:16:48.300 --> 01:16:50.400
And so I'm going to
accept the recommendations
01:16:50.400 --> 01:16:52.752
that are being made by
Quechan Social Services
01:16:52.752 --> 01:16:54.960
to dismiss this matter and
close the dependency case.
01:16:54.960 --> 01:16:58.960
01:16:58.960 --> 01:17:02.110
So congratulations today, I think
you're doing a good job at this point.
01:17:02.110 --> 01:17:10.220
01:17:10.220 --> 01:17:11.401
Your mom is just happy.
01:17:11.401 --> 01:17:17.300
01:17:17.300 --> 01:17:19.460
- When everybody walks away feeling good,
01:17:19.460 --> 01:17:22.730
I mean they walk away feeling restored --
01:17:22.730 --> 01:17:25.340
that always restores my faith in our people.
01:17:25.340 --> 01:17:28.560
That restores my faith in
justice and in what I do.
01:17:28.560 --> 01:17:31.750
01:17:31.750 --> 01:17:35.584
- I am not ever asking the State
for help ever again for my kids.
01:17:35.584 --> 01:17:38.250
But I'll make sure that they are
going to make it in this world.
01:17:38.250 --> 01:17:43.130
They're going to be beyond
whatever I even imagine for them.
01:17:43.130 --> 01:17:44.380
I see my kids.
01:17:44.380 --> 01:17:46.960
01:17:46.960 --> 01:17:48.810
I see it.
01:17:48.810 --> 01:17:54.336
Having their own house, having
their own car, education.
01:17:54.336 --> 01:17:56.135
I see both of my kids like that.
01:17:56.135 --> 01:17:58.460
01:17:58.460 --> 01:18:02.788
It's going to be everything I wasn't
able to have or get at that age.
01:18:02.788 --> 01:18:07.270
01:18:07.270 --> 01:18:09.262
- Look how high it can go.
01:18:09.262 --> 01:18:12.750
01:18:12.750 --> 01:18:14.680
- Oh, my goodness.
01:18:14.680 --> 01:18:19.845
I'm looking at the Yuma Sun, our
local newspaper, Yuma's Most Wanted.
01:18:19.845 --> 01:18:23.960
One of them happens to be my nephew, Isaac.
01:18:23.960 --> 01:18:26.610
This is news to me.
01:18:26.610 --> 01:18:31.730
Last year around this time, you know,
we were working on getting him to school
01:18:31.730 --> 01:18:34.550
and being normal.
01:18:34.550 --> 01:18:40.300
And now here we are a year later
with him essentially on the run,
01:18:40.300 --> 01:18:42.752
looking at some serious prison time.
01:18:42.752 --> 01:18:47.060
01:18:47.060 --> 01:18:50.536
- I've just been chillin', trying to
stay out of trouble most of the time.
01:18:50.536 --> 01:18:53.457
Trying to stay... stay away from everybody.
01:18:53.457 --> 01:18:56.590
01:18:56.590 --> 01:18:57.930
I can't do probation.
01:18:57.930 --> 01:19:01.170
I mean, like, it's so much work.
01:19:01.170 --> 01:19:03.879
I mean, I don't know.
01:19:03.879 --> 01:19:04.670
Like I can't do it.
01:19:04.670 --> 01:19:07.260
01:19:07.260 --> 01:19:10.130
I'm just going to tell
them to send me to prison.
01:19:10.130 --> 01:19:11.530
It won't be that long, at least.
01:19:11.530 --> 01:19:14.110
01:19:14.110 --> 01:19:18.457
Anywhere from 1.5 to 2.5 years.
01:19:18.457 --> 01:19:19.455
Not too long.
01:19:19.455 --> 01:19:23.950
01:19:23.950 --> 01:19:27.400
- Prison for Isaac, I just really
see it as just one more step
01:19:27.400 --> 01:19:31.060
of institutionalizing him and
breaking him down as an individual
01:19:31.060 --> 01:19:33.410
and thinking that that's his only way.
01:19:33.410 --> 01:19:36.260
01:19:36.260 --> 01:19:40.010
I don't see him as that kind of
tough guy who's able to manage,
01:19:40.010 --> 01:19:41.816
but I'm really concerned right now.
01:19:41.816 --> 01:19:50.200
01:19:50.200 --> 01:19:55.750
- This time to me is just God
giving me my time to see everything,
01:19:55.750 --> 01:19:58.990
see what I need to see until
I go away for a little bit.
01:19:58.990 --> 01:20:02.400
01:20:02.400 --> 01:20:05.466
Every morning I walk down
the road, and it's beautiful.
01:20:05.466 --> 01:20:06.840
I mean, the sunrise is beautiful.
01:20:06.840 --> 01:20:11.928
And it's just what He's
showing me until I have to go.
01:20:11.928 --> 01:20:14.373
(MUSIC PLAYING)
01:20:14.373 --> 01:20:33.960
01:20:33.960 --> 01:20:36.975
- So right here is what we got built.
01:20:36.975 --> 01:20:38.160
So here is my house.
01:20:38.160 --> 01:20:41.430
I got the rolled ceilings.
01:20:41.430 --> 01:20:45.720
I rough cut these myself out of the
lumber I've salvaged off the river.
01:20:45.720 --> 01:20:46.240
Two of them.
01:20:46.240 --> 01:20:47.970
01:20:47.970 --> 01:20:51.030
But see, did my own counters right here.
01:20:51.030 --> 01:20:54.350
And I've got this all perfect and nice.
01:20:54.350 --> 01:20:56.560
It's redwood.
01:20:56.560 --> 01:21:00.600
That's gonna be the kids' room,
that's going to be the parents' room,
01:21:00.600 --> 01:21:03.260
and then that's the bathroom over there.
01:21:03.260 --> 01:21:07.320
And I got my wood stove there
and the living room right here.
01:21:07.320 --> 01:21:09.620
And that's about all there is to that.
01:21:09.620 --> 01:21:19.000
01:21:19.000 --> 01:21:23.280 align:middle line:10%
- I want to welcome all the mothers, all the
fathers, all the children, all the uncles,
01:21:23.280 --> 01:21:26.610 align:middle line:10%
all the aunts, all the
grandmas, all the grandpas.
01:21:26.610 --> 01:21:28.560 align:middle line:10%
Did I miss anybody?
01:21:28.560 --> 01:21:29.670
And your cousins, too.
01:21:29.670 --> 01:21:31.050
Come on up.
01:21:31.050 --> 01:21:34.530
I don't think that anyone that
participates in the Wellness Program
01:21:34.530 --> 01:21:36.290
ever fail at recovery.
01:21:36.290 --> 01:21:38.450
01:21:38.450 --> 01:21:43.920
Part of this drugs and alcohol use,
there's this historical component to it.
01:21:43.920 --> 01:21:47.920
That it's the pain and
suffering and anguish and shame.
01:21:47.920 --> 01:21:53.100
And these people are here to
transcend that history, if you will.
01:21:53.100 --> 01:21:54.594
You know, to make some history.
01:21:54.594 --> 01:22:16.500
01:22:16.500 --> 01:22:18.390
- Abby, thank you.
01:22:18.390 --> 01:22:22.080
- This graduation is really a
celebration for all the people here
01:22:22.080 --> 01:22:25.800
who've worked so hard to put some
of their life problems behind them.
01:22:25.800 --> 01:22:29.070
01:22:29.070 --> 01:22:34.640
We give them an acorn to help them visualize
and to hold on to what they've done
01:22:34.640 --> 01:22:37.696
and to see what they can grow into.
01:22:37.696 --> 01:22:38.682
- I got my acorn!
01:22:38.682 --> 01:22:42.140
01:22:42.140 --> 01:22:44.814
- Because graduation is
really just the beginning.
01:22:44.814 --> 01:22:46.730
They have the whole rest
of their lives to go.
01:22:46.730 --> 01:22:50.090
01:22:50.090 --> 01:22:51.530
- Oh, thank you.
01:22:51.530 --> 01:22:56.820
01:22:56.820 --> 01:23:00.950
- The idea is hands on, hands on, hands on.
01:23:00.950 --> 01:23:02.780
They have stumbled.
01:23:02.780 --> 01:23:06.959
And you're there to help them
come back from that stumble.
01:23:06.959 --> 01:23:09.917
(MUSIC PLAYING)
01:23:09.917 --> 01:23:28.158
01:23:28.158 --> 01:23:30.623
(SINGING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE)
01:23:30.623 --> 01:23:56.317
01:23:56.317 --> 01:24:00.180
Remember the love you feel in
your hearts today at this moment.
01:24:00.180 --> 01:24:05.940
You are Yurok, you will prevail,
and it will be all right.
01:24:05.940 --> 01:24:11.430
By the power invested in me by the
State of California and the Yurok Tribe,
01:24:11.430 --> 01:24:13.920
I now pronounce you husband and wife.
01:24:13.920 --> 01:24:15.414
You can.
01:24:15.414 --> 01:24:17.904
(CHEERING)
01:24:17.904 --> 01:24:20.892
01:24:20.892 --> 01:24:23.880
(SINGING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE)
01:24:23.880 --> 01:24:55.194
01:24:55.194 --> 01:24:58.646
- I think my strength comes from my son.
01:24:58.646 --> 01:25:00.884
It comes from my creator.
01:25:00.884 --> 01:25:02.050
And it comes from my people.
01:25:02.050 --> 01:25:05.058
01:25:05.058 --> 01:25:08.046
(CHEERING)
01:25:08.046 --> 01:25:12.030
01:25:12.030 --> 01:25:16.268
(MUSIC PLAYING)
01:25:16.268 --> 01:27:15.179
Distributor: Bullfrog Films
Length: 87 minutes
Date: 2017
Genre: Expository
Language: English
Grade: 7 - 12, College, Adults
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