Using Community Assessment in Tribal Communities

In early 2013, the United Southeastern Tribes (USET) received a grant to conduct Safety and Accountability Audits of the community response to domestic violence in two affiliated tribes: the Eastern Band of Cherokee in Cherokee, North Carolina and the Jena Band of Choctaw in Jena, Louisiana. Because of the small size of the tribe and the lack of a formal institutional response to domestic violence, the Jena Band of Choctaw Audit Team decided to center their assessment process on the tribal members as the institution, examining the tribe’s attitudes toward domestic violence and existing effective sources of help for individuals affected by this violence. This webinar will highlight the key strategies the Jena Band of Choctaw Audit Team employed for conducting a Safety and Accountability Audit in the very close knit Tribal community.