About
The Mitchell Hamline Native American Law Students Association (MH NALSA) is a network of primarily Native Americans who are law students offering academic and Tribal culture support services. NALSA also includes allies interested in the field of Native American law. In an era of asserting Tribal governments’ laws and jurisdiction, the membership maintains strong community relations while working toward cross-cultural understanding.
The Mitchell Hamline Native American Law Students Association chapter has a strong local connection to the Minnesota Native American Bar Association (MNABA), which sponsors CLEs and works with Tribal Nations to develop codes, rules, and procedures. NALSA also maintains a national network with chapters from other law schools, as well as Tribal Nations and Tribal individuals.
Membership is open to any interested current Mitchell Hamline students and individual dues are not required.
2025–2026 NALSA officers
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- President: Rachel Evangelisto (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe)
- Vice President: Shalana Yates (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians)
- Co-Treasurer: Leo John Bird (Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska and Blackfeet Nation)
- Co-Treasurer: Maeghan Murie-Mazariegos (Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma)
- Co-Secretary: Elsa Armstrong (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa)
- Co-Secretary: Corrina Kingbird (Leech Lake Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe)
- Events/ Networking Chair: TBD
- Public Relations Chair: Tashina Emery (Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan)
- Historian: Suzanna Tillman (Eastern Shoshone Tribe)
- Native Law Chair: Laura Dorn (Red Lake Band of Chippewa)
- 1L BAM Representative: TBD
- 1L Blended Learning Representative: TBD
- Faculty Advisor: Professor Angelique EagleWoman (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation)
Networking organizations
Recent accomplishments and events
2024-2025
- MH NALSA Chapter welcomed the incoming 1Ls at a Meet and Greet on August 20, 2024.
- October 11, 2024, MH NALSA offered the annual Indigenous Peoples Day webinar with on Indigenous Careers in Governance.
- In November 2024, MH NALSA held the annual Rock Your Mocs event.
- On April 16, 2025, MH NALSA held the annual Book Club featuring author Rebecca Nagle, Cherokee Nation, and her book “By the Fire We Carry – The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Lands”.
2023-2024
- MH NALSA Chapter won Chapter of the Year Award from the National NALSA Annual Meeting in April 2023!
- October 4, 2023, MH NALSA offered the annual Indigenous Peoples Day webinar with an Indigenous Judicial Panel with Three Native Judges online Hon. Leo Brisbois, White Earth Nation, U.S. District Court of Minnesota Magistrate; Hon. Phil Brodeen, Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe, Lower Sioux Tribal Court Judge; and Hon. Terri Yellowhammer, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Hennepin County 4th Judicial District Judge.
- In November 2023, MH NALSA assisted with the annual Native Law Conference, “Tribal Sovereignty and Economic Power.”
- In January 2024, the Pre-Law Magazine Winter edition named Mitchell Hamline School of Law one of the Best Law Schools for Native Americans ranked 5 of 9 national law schools.
- In March 2024, MH NALSA hosted an online book club featuring Voices from Pejuhutazizi: Dakota Stories and Storytellers by Teresa Peterson and Walter LaBatte, Jr.
Stay tuned:
- The 2025–2026 MH NALSA Board has a lot of exciting new goals for the upcoming school year.
- Follow MH NALSA on Facebook for more information.