Legal Aid Program

Mission Statement

The mission of the Legal Aid Program is to provide basic legal advice to enrolled Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal members, and to provide representation to enrolled Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal members in certain specified circumstances.

On December 16, 2014, the Governor of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes signed, A Bill to Adopt an Act Establishing the Legal Aid Program of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes.

The types of cases handled by the program are as follows:

1. Defense of misdemeanor criminal charges
2. Defense of felony criminal charges if the cumulative statutory range of punishment for the criminal matter(s) is 10 years or less.
3. Defendant parents or children in deprived juvenile cases when appointed by the Trial Court of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes or another court.
4. Defense of youth up to 18 in Juvenile Delinquency cases.

The staff will represent tribal members only in Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal Court and State of Oklahoma Courts in the following counties:

Beckham           Grady

Blaine                 Kingfisher

Canadian           Oklahoma

Custer                Roger Mills

Dewey                Washita

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