Community Relations Service U.S. Department of Justice

Conflict Resolution Assistance in Indian Country

The Community Relations Service (CRS) provides conflict resolution and prevention assistance on a wide variety of issues and disputes involving Native American tribes, communities, and Federal, State, and local officials on or near reservations. Examples include:

• Use of reservation lands for sanitary and hazardous waste landfill
  
  
• Tribal voting rights
  
  
• Leasing of tribal lands to non-tribal members for housing and business
  
  
• Cross-deputization of law enforcement between tribal and non-tribal law enforcement agencies
  
  
• Jurisdictional disputes between State and local government and tribes over gaming activities
  
  
• Employment of non-tribal members in tribal organizations and businesses
  
  
• Public demonstration activities
  
  
• Equal educational opportunities and fair disciplining of Native American students in public schools
  
  
• Return of Native American remains when burial grounds are discovered during land development
  
  
• Hunting and fishing rights under Native American treaties on and off reservation properties
  
  
• Hunting and fishing rights and seasons on reservation property for non-tribal members
  
  
• Disposition of Native American religious artifacts
  
  
• Use of Native American religious sites on Federal Park lands, including restriction of sites to Native Americans during ceremonies

 

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CRS OFFICES

Community Relations Service 600 E Street, NW, Suite 6000 Washington, D.C. 20530 202/305-2935 202/305-3009 (FAX) Regional Offices New England Regional Office (ME, VT, NH, MA, CT, RI) Community Relations Service 408 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 222 Boston, MA 02110 617/424-5715 617/424-5727 (FAX) Northeast Regional Office (NY, NJ, VI, PR) Community Relations Service 26 Federal Plaza, Suite 36-118 New York, NY 10278 212/264-0700 212/264-2143 (FAX) Mid-Atlantic Regional Office ( DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV) Community Relations Service 2nd and Chestnut Streets, Suite 208 Philadelphia, PA 19106 215/597-2344 215/597-9148 (FAX) Southeast Regional Office (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN) Community Relations Service 75 Piedmont Ave, NE, Suite 900 Atlanta, GA 30303 404/331-6883 404/331-4471 (FAX) Midwest Regional Office (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI) Community Relations Service 55 W. Monroe Street, Suite 420 Chicago. IL 60603 312/353-4391 312/353-4390 (FAX) Southwest Regional Office (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX) Community Relations Service 1420 W. Mockingbird Lane, Suite 250 Dallas, TX 75247 214/655-8175 214/655-8184 (FAX)

Central Regional Office (IA, KS, MO, NE) Community Relations Service 1100 Main Street, Suite 320 Kansas City, MO 64105-2112 816/426-7434 816/426-7441 (FAX) Rocky Mountain Regional Office (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY) Community Relations Service 1244 Speer Blvd., Suite 650 Denver, CO 80204-3584 303/844-2973 303/844-2907 (FAX) Western Regional Office (AZ, CA, GU, HI, NV) Community Relations Service 888 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 1880 Los Angeles, CA 90017 213/894-2941 213/894-2880 (FAX) Northwest Regional Office (AK, ID, OR, WA) Community Relations Service 915 Second Avenue, Suite 1808 Seattle, WA 98174 206/220-6700 206/220-6706 (FAX) Field Offices Community Relations Service 51 SW First Ave, Suite 624 Miami, FL 33130 305/536-5206 305/536-6778 (FAX) Community Relations Service 211 W. Fort Street, Suite 1404 Detroit, MI 48226 313/226-4010 313/226-2568 (FAX) Community Relations Service 515 Rusk Avenue, Suite 12605 Houston, TX 77002 713/718-4861 713/718-4862 (FAX) Community Relations Service 120 Howard Street, Suite 790 San Francisco, CA 94105 415/744-6565 415/744-6590 (FAX)

CRS Customer Service Standards Our goal is to provide sensitive and effective conflict prevention and resolution services. CRS will meet the following standards: • We will clearly explain the process that CRS uses to address racial and ethnic conflicts and our role in that process. • We will provide opportunities for all parties involved to contribute to and work toward a solution to the racial or ethnic conflict. • If you are a participant in a CRS training session or conference, you will receive timely and useful information and materials that will assist you in preventing or minimizing racial and ethnic tensions. • We will be prepared to respond to major racial or ethnic crisis situations within 24 hours from the time when your community notifies CRS or CRS becomes aware of the crisis. • In non-crisis situations, we will contact you within three days of when your community notifies CRS to discuss your request or when CRS becomes aware of the situation.

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