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In 2015, Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye appointed Branch as the 11th Attorney General of the Navajo Nation. She served in this capacity from 2015 through 2019. [ 3 ] As Attorney General, Branch oversaw the legal work involved with the 2015 Gold King Mine waste water spill , as well then-President Trump's attempt to revoke and replace ...
Lee is a licensed attorney in the state of New Mexico and a member of both the New Mexico Bar Association and the Navajo Nation Bar Association. [1] She began her legal career working for six and a half years with the 11th Judicial District Attorney's Office, Division 2, in Gallup, New Mexico. [1]
1.4 Attorney General of New Mexico. 1.5 United States Attorney. ... First female (Navajo Nation Judicial Branch): Marie Roanhorse Neswood from 1976–1989 [21]
Navajo Nation officials have contacted the Department of Homeland Security, the governors of Arizona and New Mexico, and ICE to address the reports, the Office of Navajo President Buu Nygren said ...
In June, Navajo Nation Council Del. Seth Damon introduced legislation to repeal parts of a 2005 tribal law, the Diné Marriage Act, which outlawed same sex-marriages.
Leonard Gorman, executive director of the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission, said in an interview Monday the plaintiffs agreed to the new map because it "increased the Native American voting ...
Michelle Brown-Yazzie is a Native American attorney who serves as the Assistant Attorney General for the Navajo Nation Department of Justice Water Rights Unit. In this role, she works to protect the water rights of the Navajo Nation, advocating for the rights of the Nation's citizens and protecting the natural resources of the area.
The Navajo Nation goes before the Supreme Court in a water rights case it says is about ending nearly two centuries of injustice.