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This article examines how a Wisconsin statute passed in 2009 that authorized state court judges to transfer cases to American Indian tribal courts unfolded as a political and legal process that was both informed by and produced by fundamental conceptions of cultural difference. It calls specific attention to jurisprudential differences in the form of jury trials and peacemaking in figuring the differences between conceptions of tribal membership and state citizenship.

Raymond Nakai's draft of a speech Tribal Government and Our Courts gives a brief history of the Navajo Tribal Government and its different branches. He states that the Navajo Tribe asked permission of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to create and administer their own tribal courts. The Navajo Tribal Courts exist for the benefit of the Navajo citizens. The Navajo Tribal Council is the legislative branch of the Tribal government. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: The Raymond Nakai Collection contains material documenting his activities as Chairman of the Navajo Nation from 1963 - 1971. He was responsible for the founding of Navajo Community College and helped legitimize The Native American Church. The collection consists of speeches, correspondance, photographs, scrapbooks, news clippings, and reports.

Louise Sims, kinship care and fostering consultant at CoramBAAF, discusses the benefits of Quality Circle, an innovative forum to identify good practice developed by the Sussex Family Justice Board