Day 3: Chief Justice Summer Tour education event State Court/Tribal Court Conference in South Sioux City, Nebraska

KITV News Report: Nebraska Tribal Courts creating working relationship with Nebraska Supreme Court

Photo: Leaders of the Nebraska state courts, tribal courts, legislators, Nebraska state government and tribal governments gather in South Sioux City Nebraska.

Outer row (starting immediately left of elevator): Justice John Freudenberg;  Judge Ross Stoffer, Madison County Court; Mosiah Harlan, ICWA Director; Jamie James, Tribal Court Administrator for Santee Sioux Nation of Nebraska; Justice Jeff Funke; Justice Jonathan Papik; Frank Barron, Winnebago Child Support Officer

Back row: Neal Lawhead, Guest facilitator; Justice Bill Cassel; Ellen Fabian Brokofsky, Probation Administrator; Social Services Stephanie Pospisil, Director of Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Jill Holt, ICWA Coordinator; Falon McAlpin, Executive Director of Ponca Tribe; Corey Steel, State Court Administrator

Middle Row: Justice Stephanie Stacy; Matt Blomstedt, NE Department of Education Commissioner; Joe Kelly, U.S. Attorney for Nebraska; Matt Wallen, DHHS Director for Child and Family Services; Judge Paul Vaughan, Dakota County District Court; Elizabeth Brown, Director of Child Welfare Operations; Misty Frazier, NICWC Executive Director; Ruthanne Gallup, Tribal Court Administrator for Ponca Tribe; Judge Doug Luebe, Cedar County Court; Judi Gaiashkibos, Director of Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs; Clarissa LaPlante, Assistant Director of DTSU

Front Row: State Judge Kenneth Vampola; Chief Judge Edward Zendejas, Omaha Tribal Court; State Senator Joni Albrecht; Chief Justice Mike Heavican; Larry Wright Jr., Ponca Tribe Chairman; Judge Patrick Runge, Ponca and Winnebago Tribal Courts; State Senator Tom Brewer