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Diane Joyce Humetewa (/ ˌ h uː m ə ˈ t eɪ w ə / HOO-mə-TAY-wə; [1] born December 5, 1964) [2] [3] is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Humetewa is the first Native American woman and the first enrolled tribal member to serve as a U.S. federal judge.
Flag of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona Congressman Tom O'Halleran meeting with Hopi leadership in 2020. On October 24, 1936, the Hopi Tribe of Arizona ratified a constitution. That constitution created a unicameral government where all powers are vested in a Tribal Council. While there is an executive branch (tribal chairman and vice chairman) and ...
This is a list of U.S. Supreme Court cases involving Native American Tribes.Included in the list are Supreme Court cases that have a major component that deals with the relationship between tribes, between a governmental entity and tribes, tribal sovereignty, tribal rights (including property, hunting, fishing, religion, etc.) and actions involving members of tribes.
The Hopi Tribe's general counsel, Fred Lomayesva, declined to comment. ... The U.S. Supreme Court also ruled the government does not have a treaty duty to take affirmative steps to secure water ...
Already, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the federal government is not bound by treaties with the Navajo Nation to secure water for the tribe. Navajo has the largest land base of any of the ...
The Hopi Tribal Council is the local governing body consisting of elected officials from the various reservation villages. Its powers were given to it under the Hopi Tribal Constitution. [10] The Hopi consider their life on the reservation (in particular, the traditional clan residence, the spiritual life of the kivas on the mesa, and their ...
He held various leadership positions within the village of Kykotsmovi, as well as positions on the Hopi Tribal Council and serving as a judge on the appellate division of the Hopi Tribal Court. [ 4 ] Sekaquaptewa was at one time married to Beverly Sekaquaptewa, and was the son of Helen and Emory Sekaquaptewa, Sr who met at the Phoenix Indian ...
Mille Lacs Band Tribal Court (2008–2014) Minnesota: inactive: Patricia Paul [58] Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Tribal Court Oregon: active: Mary Peltola [59] [60] Orutsararmiut Native Council Tribal Court (2020–2021) Alaska: retired: James Phillips [61] Grays Harbor County Superior Court (1929–1950) Washington: deceased