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Alum helps tribes win redistricting case in North Dakota

Posted: November 21, 2023
A federal judge in North Dakota ruled on Nov. 17 that the rights of two Native American tribes were violated when lawmakers in the state created legislative districts after the 2020 Census that diluted those tribes’ voting strength. The case was brought by a team that included Tim Purdon, a 1994 Mitchell Hamline graduate who …

Alum helps tribes win redistricting case in North Dakota

Professor Tahdooahnippah featured in NPR story at psychedelic studies conference

Posted: June 26, 2023
Professor Forrest Tahdooahnippah (Comanche Nation) was featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition in a story about a conference in Denver last week where he spoke about the potential unintended consequences of legalizing the kinds of psychoactive plants used to make psychedelic drugs. The event, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies 2023 conference, was organized after the …

Professor Tahdooahnippah featured in NPR story at psychedelic studies conference

Professor EagleWoman weighs in on Supreme Court’s ICWA ruling

Posted: June 16, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act in a 7-2 opinion. Professor Angelique EagleWoman (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate), director of Mitchell Hamline’s Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute, had long followed the cases through the courts that ended up at the Supreme Court. She offered legal analysis in several media …

Professor EagleWoman weighs in on Supreme Court’s ICWA ruling

Recent Mitchell Hamline grad elected first female chief of her First Nation community

Posted: September 2, 2022
Angela Levasseur, who graduated from Mitchell Hamline earlier this summer, will become the first female chief of her First Nation community in Canada. In an election held in the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation over two days last month, Levasseur received nearly 500 votes, besting three other candidates.

Recent Mitchell Hamline grad elected first female chief of her First Nation community

Alumni Association names three newest award winners

Posted: August 30, 2022
A tribal general counsel working to raise the profile of Native people and their sovereignty, a Florida judge who teaches about baseball and the law, and a defense attorney working for justice reform are being honored with this year’s alumni awards from the Mitchell Hamline Alumni Association. Jessie Stomski ‘08 is receiving the Distinguished Alumni Award …

Alumni Association names three newest award winners