President Obama Nominated the Very First Native American Woman For Federal Judge

[Tuesday Afternoon]

Diane J. Humetewa, a member of the Hopi tribe and former U.S. attorney in Arizona, has been nominated to serve on the U.S. District Court for the district of Arizona as a federal judge. If confirmed, she would be the first active member of a Native American reservation, and first Native American woman to serve as a federal judge. Not only would this bring more diversity to the federal bench, but Arizona’s prominent Native community will finally be represented in a state that is infamous for ignoring Native issues.

This is a big deal because she is a Native woman from the same Arizona that has become a police state through its insistence on criminalizing communities of color, deportations, and via renegade leaders like Sheriff Arpaio. Arizona is swiftly becoming a state known for its extreme racial profiling regarding folks who look “brown.”

In Obama’s first term he nominated Arvo Mikkanen of the Kiowa Tribe, but Republicans blocked the nomination.

Read more:
http://www.powwows.com/2014/01/04/icymi-president-obama-nominated-the-very-first-native-american-woman-for-federal-judge/#ixzz2pczwE1TI

[ismnotwasm]

1. About fucking time!!

[whathehell]

15. Absolutely...I congratulate the president -- Native American inclusion is long overdue.

[yuiyoshida]

17. fantastic

Subarashii ne

[cinnabonbon]

2. Cool!

[progressoid]

3. Rec!

[mtasselin]

4. Time

Congratulations, to say that it's about is an understatement. The best of luck to her, thank goodness the filibuster has been reformed or those gop assholes would block her just because they could.

[DFW]

6. A real American as a federal judge in America

Seems like quite a logical thing for something that has never happened before. After all, we've had thousands of judges whose ethnic backgrounds are in Europe, Africa and Asia........

[geardaddy]

7. miigwech Mr. President n/t

[mountain grammy]

8. YES!!!

[meow2u3]

9. It's about time

we had a REAL American--not one of European, African, or Asian descent--as a judge.

Now to get a Democratic Native American on the Supreme Court.

[niyad]

10. k and r--about damned time

[Sheldon Cooper]

11. Awesome!

It's amazing that it's taken this long to do so.

[benld74]

12. Great move Mr. President

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

13. k&r

[riqster]

14. Every now and then, something like this happens.

...and restores hope in the promise of this country.

[dbackjon]

16. Great news

But Arizona is not a police state.

[Iliyah]

18. K & R

[cvoogt]

19. Awesome but poorly worded title

She looks young for being the very first Native American woman. It is great, though, that she is the first Native American woman to be nominated for Federal Judge. About time!