Herald North K itsap
Kitsap Week Celebrating Kitsap’s AfricanAmerican pioneers — In this edition
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‘We want to be able to have people deal with issues in our own court. We don’t want them to have to run all over the countryside to get a court order. It’s like someone telling you, ‘You can’t go to Poulsbo [for a court order]. You have to go to Tacoma to do it.’ ” — Suquamish Chairman Leonard Forsman
Would be used to lure developers
Local news Big boost for Kitsap Forest & Bay, new Kingston Library
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By MEGAN STEPHENSON
mstephenson@northkitsapherald.com
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Suquamish, S’Klallam dispute over territory claims
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Update on the Anderson Parkway project, with map n
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opinion n A visionary could help Port of Poulsbo be all it can be — Page A4
Juana Majel-Dixon, first vice president of the National Congress of American Indians, speaks at a Violence Against Women Act rally June 25 in Washington, D.C. The updated law contains a provision allowing non-Native domestic violence offenders to be prosecuted by Tribal courts for crimes committed on Tribal land. National Congress of American Indians
Closing a justice gap Federal bill would allow Tribal courts to prosecute non-Native domestic violence perpetrators By RICHARD WALKER
rwalker@northkitsapherald.com
P sports N.K. gymnasts give Bainbridge first home loss since 2000 — Page A6
Council considers Viking Ave. incentives
OULSBO — If a non-Native American man commits an act of violence against a Native woman on a reservation, the suspect can only be detained by Tribal police until city or county law enforcement officers arrive. In Kitsap County, whether the suspect goes to court is up to the prosecuting attorney’s office. One advocate says that not all of those cases are prosecuted. And a
Tribal leader says the system, as it exists today, makes it cumbersome for Native women to get court protection. Nationwide, the problem gets bigger. According to U.S. Justice Department statistics, 86 percent of cases of sexual violence against Native women are committed by non-Native men. According to a 2010 report by the U.S. General Accounting Office, up to 67 percent of those crimes are not prosecuted. The jurisdictional conflict is rooted in Oliphant vs. Suquamish Tribe. In 1978, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-2 that Tribal courts do not have criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians, and may not assume jurisdiction unless spe-
cifically authorized to do so by Congress. (Mark David Oliphant, a non-Native man, was arrested in 1973 and charged by Suquamish Tribe police with assaulting a Tribal police officer and resisting arrest. Oliphant challenged, claiming he was not subject to Tribal authority because he was not an American Indian.) A proposed reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 would extend domestic violence criminal jurisdiction to Tribes that choose to assume jurisdiction. H.R. 11, introduced by Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., has 157 co-sponsors, including Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Bremerton.
See JUSTICE, Page A2
POULSBO — If the City Council gets its wish, Viking Avenue will look more like a classic urban neighborhood in the near future, with sidewalk cafes, apartments above retail shops, and the stimulus Viking Avenue needs. While updating the Zoning Code, Mayor Becky Erickson directed planning staff to identify development incentives for construction along Viking Avenue, which is Commercial Zone 2 in the updated code. The incentives are optional but appealing for mixed-use development — residential space above retail space, an outdoor plaza in the middle of shops and restaurants. “We can’t sit back anymore,” Erickson said at the council’s workshop on Wednesday. The See INCENTIVES, Page A8
Recovery continues, but still no suspect By KIPP ROBERTSON
krobertson@northkitsapherald.com
POULSBO — When Nina Martin looked up at her friend after being struck by a vehicle the night of Jan. 11, both wondered if the hit-and-run had been intentional. Walking on the side of the road of Pioneer Way near the Waghorn Way intersection, Martin, 18, said there is no way the driver of the See hit and run, Page A8
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