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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.
San Francisco Superior Court (Commissioner: c. 1990 –2011; 2014–2015); Yurok Tribal Court (1997–present; Chief Judge: 2007–present) California: active: Dawn Baum [2] Yurok Tribal Court (appt. 2017-2023) California: deceased Jessica R. Bear (Meshwaki Nation) [3] Meskwaki Nation Tribal Court (2007–2013; Chief Judge: 2013–present) Iowa
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] [44] First Muslim Arab American female to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court: Fadwa Hammoud in 2021 [45]
Carol Jean Vigil (October 24, 1947 – March 27, 2009 [1]) was an American judge based in the state of New Mexico. Vigil was the first Native American woman to be elected as a state district judge in the United States, and the first female Native American to be elected a state court judge in New Mexico. [2] She was a member of the Pueblo people.
She was the presiding judge of the family court since 2013. [1] DFL Governor Mark Dayton announced his appointment of McKeig to the Minnesota Supreme Court on June 28, 2016. She is its first Native American justice as well as the first female Native American to serve on any state supreme court.
[3] [4] During the course of her legal career, Abinanti had developed the first tribal program to help members with the expungement process. In the 1990s, she began serving as a Commissioner in the Unified Family Court for the San Francisco Superior Court until retiring in 2011. From 2014-2015, she served as a part-time Commissioner for San ...
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.
Arlinda Locklear (born 1951) is an American lawyer of Native American origin from the Lumbee tribe.Locklear, who is often cited as the first Native American woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court, has actually followed in the footsteps of Lyda Conley (ca. 1869 – 1946), who was the first Native American and Native American woman admitted to argue a case before the US Supreme Court.