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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]
Charles-Newton was a prosecutor, law librarian, and professor, publishing several scholarly papers during her academic and legal career. [1]In the 2018 Navajo Nation Council election, Charles-Newton succeeded outgoing delegate Tom Chee to represent Shiprock. [2]
From 1979 to the beginning of 1981, Jan Crull Jr. was a volunteer on the Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation in New Mexico [2] where he made many contributions to the well-being of the Ramah Navajos. [3] Although a volunteer, a title - Assistant to the President and the Chapter (the reservation's local government) - was conferred upon him by a ...
The Supreme Court of the Navajo Nation is the highest judicial Native American authority of the Navajo Nation, the largest American Indian nation in the United States. According to Harvard Law School , "the judicial system of the Navajo Nation is the most active tribal judicial system in the United States, with a case load that rivals, and in ...
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 ...
Jessica R. Bear (Meshwaki Nation) [3] 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]
The Navajo Nation Presidency, in its current form, was created on December 15, 1989, after directives from the federal government guided the Tribal Council to establish the current judicial, legislative, and executive model. This was a departure from the system of "Council and Chairmanship" from the previous government body.
The Navajo Nation is divided up geographically into Chapters which are similar in function to municipalities. Chapters are subdivisions of Agencies which are similar in function to counties. Chapter officials operating out of a Chapter House register voters who may then vote to elect Delegates for the Navajo Nation Council or the President of ...