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Mitchell Hamline professor Angelique EagleWoman sworn in as tribal Supreme Court justice

Posted: November 24, 2020
Mitchell Hamline professor Angelique EagleWoman spent Election Day making history – not by winning office but by entering it. Donning a mask with her 16-year old son nearby, EagleWoman swore the oath to become the newest associate justice on the Sisseton-Wahpeton Supreme Court of Appeals. The ceremony happened on the Lake Traverse Reservation in South …

Mitchell Hamline professor Angelique EagleWoman sworn in as tribal Supreme Court justice

Marking 30 years of Native American Heritage Month

Posted: October 29, 2020
November is Native American Heritage Month, an ideal time to remember the historical, political, intellectual, and legal contributions of Indigenous peoples in North America and specifically in the United States. Tribal nations entered into nation-to-nation treaty agreements with the newly formed United States in “perpetual peace and friendship” from the late 1700s through the late …

Marking 30 years of Native American Heritage Month

Voting begins as Hispanic Heritage Month ends; Latinos are flexing their political muscle

Posted: October 13, 2020
Mitchell Hamline front entrance
This week marks the end of Hispanic Heritage Month. Every year, the celebration begins on September 15th because five Latin American countries celebrate their own independence that day: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico celebrates its Independence Day at the end of September 15th as the clock strikes midnight on …

Voting begins as Hispanic Heritage Month ends; Latinos are flexing their political muscle

Indian Law Program renamed Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute

Posted: October 12, 2020
Mitchell Hamline’s Indian Law Program will now be known as the Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute. The commitment to this area of law has deep roots in both of Mitchell Hamline’s legacy schools, with Co-director Colette Routel as the longest-serving steward of the program since it began in 2009. The change helps highlight the …

Indian Law Program renamed Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute

A tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Posted: September 22, 2020
  JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020   Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an extraordinary champion of gender equality. The second woman ever to serve on the United States Supreme Court, her contributions as a lawyer and jurist changed the way that the Court and the country thought about women’s rights. …

A tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg