Office of Hearings and Appeals

An Office of Hearings and Appeals, separate and apart from a tribe’s appellate court, can be established to hear and decide matters that come from administrative agencies of the tribe.  Such an office may simplify the appeal process for those involved, allow them to proceed in a more informal manner, and result in appeals being decided more quickly – thereby building trust and confidence in the system. This Guidebook discusses the details to be considered by a tribe before it approaches writing code to create such an office.