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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 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

Judge Sarah Wheelock to deliver Mitchell Hamline commencement address

Posted: March 30, 2023
Judge Sarah Wheelock, who made history in 2021 when she was the first Native American ever named to the Minnesota Court of Appeals, will give the address at Mitchell Hamline’s commencement on June 3. “Mitchell Hamline is doing important work to expand who has access to legal education, and I’m excited to honor that work …

Judge Sarah Wheelock to deliver Mitchell Hamline commencement address

Justice Anne McKeig ’92 elected to prestigious American Law Institute

Posted: August 24, 2022
Minnesota Supreme Court Anne McKeig ’92 has been elected to the American Law Institute, a private and independent nonprofit that publishes materials that can be used throughout the legal system to better the administration of justice. The organization’s publications – known as restatements, model codes, and principles – are not controlling law but have long …

Justice Anne McKeig ’92 elected to prestigious American Law Institute

Expert Q&A: Professor EagleWoman explains important ICWA case heading to Supreme Court

Posted: March 7, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court last week agreed to hear an important case that could determine the future of the Indian Child Welfare Act, a 1978 law that aims to protect against the separation of Native American families. The case, Haaland v. Brackeen, is a consolidation of several cases, one of which centers around a couple …

Expert Q&A: Professor EagleWoman explains important ICWA case heading to Supreme Court