EagleWoman to Join University of Idaho College of Law
Friday, January 11 2008
Jan. 11, 2008 MOSCOW, Idaho –Angelique EagleWoman has accepted a full-time, tenure track faculty position in the Univeristy of Idaho College of Law, effective in the 2008-09 academic year. EagleWoman (Wambdi A. WasteWin) is a member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation. She is well-known in national Native American law circles, both professional and academic. She currently serves as a visiting faculty member at the University of Kansas School of Law and Program on Indigenous Nations Studies, and previously served as a faculty member at the Hamline University School of Law in Minnesota. “Professor EagleWoman has tremendous experience with Indian law, with tribal government, and advocating on behalf of tribes outside of tribal court,” said Elizabeth Brandt, University of Idaho College of Law professor, who served on the search committee for the position. “As a tribal member herself, she is deeply steeped in tribal culture, and in that way also will be a great role model for our students.” Beginning fall semester 2008, EagleWoman will teach federal American Indian law, seminars on Native American natural resources and other issues relating to Indian tribes, and a civil procedure course. She also will assist the college and the university with tribal law and leadership initiatives. She earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Stanford University; a juris doctorate from the Univeristy of North Dakota School of Law, where she was associate editor of the law review; and an L.L.M. (master’s of law), with honors, in American Indian and Indigenous Studies from the University of Tulsa College of Law. EagleWoman has worked in the private sector as an associate attorney for the prestigious Indian law firm of Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse & Enderson in Washington D.C. Her experience includes service as general counsel to her tribe and Tribal Public Defender for the Kaw Nation and the Ponca Nation, both of Oklahoma. She also has served with UND Upward Bound, in the Grand Forks area, where she visited reservation schools encouraging first generation, low-income high school students to attend college. EagleWoman’s experience and expertise include tribal economic development, legal code development, litigation, criminal law, and scholarly interest in international indigenous law. Her teaching experience includes contract law, tribal economic development, international indigenous law, Native American law, and federal Indian law. # # # About the University of Idaho Founded in 1889, the University of Idaho is the state’s flagship higher-education institution and its principal graduate education and research university, bringing insight and innovation to the state, the nation and the world. University researchers attract nearly $100 million in research grants and contracts each year; the University of Idaho is the only institution in the state to earn the prestigious Carnegie Foundation ranking for high research activity. The university’s student population includes first-generation college students and ethnically diverse scholars. Offering more than 150 degree options in 10 colleges, the university combines the strengths of a large university with the intimacy of small learning communities. For information, visit www.uidaho.edu. CONTACT: Tania Thompson, University Communications, (208) 885-6567; taniat@uidaho.edu, or Angelique EagleWoman, (785) 864-2736 or EagleWmn@ku.edu. DE 1/11/08—LAW
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