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First female (Nebraska Supreme Court): Lindsey Miller-Lerman in 1998 [10] [11] First Hispanic American (female): Marcela A. Keim in 2011 [8] First Asian American (female): Riko E. Bishop in 2013 [8] (upon her appointment to the Nebraska Court of Appeals) First Native American (female) (district court): Andrea Miller in 2018 [12]
Meskwaki Nation Tribal Court (2007–2013; Chief Judge: 2013–present) Iowa: active: Jennifer D. Benally [4] District Court for the Navajo Nation (1984–1995) Arizona: deceased: Robert A. Blaeser (Anishinaabe) [5] Fourth Judicial District-Hennepin County (1995–2012) Minnesota: retired: Evelyne Bradley [4] Kayenta Judicial Court (1998–2014 ...
First Asian American female to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court: Emma Ping Lum (1947) around 1958 [13] [14] First Latino American female to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court: Vilma Socorro Martínez (1967) in 1977 [40] [41] First Native American female to win a U.S. Supreme Court case: Arlinda Locklear (1976) in 1983 [42] [43 ...
Elizabeth Davis Pittman (June 3, 1921 – April 8, 1998) was an American jurist who served as both the first woman judge and the first black judge in the state of Nebraska. Born in Iowa, she moved in her youth to Omaha, Nebraska, where she would later earn a law degree. By the time she graduated, she was the first black woman lawyer in the ...
Prior to the 1877 removal, Standing Bear had married Zazette, [1] Primeau (Primoux), [1] and had become a leader in the tribe. He and his wife Zazette had several children, including Prairie Flower and Bear Shield, both of whom died during 'Removal' (1877) or right after (1879).
Deb Haaland had just begun her second term in the U.S. House of Representatives in January 2021, elected from her native New Mexico. She was one of the first Indigenous women to be elected to ...
A Republican lawmaker from Montana blocked a Biden administration judicial nominee who would have been the state's first Native American federal district court judge, officials said Wednesday.
Kim Shropshire: [35] First Asian American female to serve as a Judge of the 6th Judicial District (San Juan, La Plata, and Archuleta Counties, Colorado) (2022) Cheryl Rowles-Stokes (1995): [ 36 ] First African American Chief Deputy District Attorney in the 18th Judicial District Office of the District Attorney (2001-2012) and first African ...