Membership Categories
Regular Members. Regular members are persons persons who are
(1) enrolled members/citizens of any federally or state-recognized Tribal Nation, including American Indians, Alaska Natives, and First Nations;
(2) persons with ancestry from the original Native Hawaiian families as verified by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (e.g., with documentation showing that the applicant is eligible for enrollment in any federally recognized Tribal Nation, including American Indians, Alaska Natives, and First Nations, or eligible ro registration with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs);
(3) descendants of a Tribal Nation who are recognized by their community; or
(4) other Indigenous persons as reviewed and determined by the Board of Directors for regular membership.
For all categories above, regular members are members who have been admitted to any state bar as a licensed attorney and maintain good standing in an active or inactive status.
Associate Members. Each member of the class of Associate members shall be
(1) enrolled members/citizens of
any federally or state-recognized Tribal Nation, including American Indians, Alaska Natives, and First Nations;
(2) persons with ancestry from the original Native Hawaiian families as verified by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (e.g., with documentation showing that the applicant is eligible for enrollment in any federally recognized Tribal Nation,
including American Indians, Alaska Natives, and First Nations, or eligible ro registration with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs);
(3) descendants of a Tribal Nation who are recognized by their community; or
(4) other Indigenous persons as reviewed and determined by the Board of Directors for associate membership.
For all categories above, Associate members are also defined as legal professionals who are not regular members as they are not admitted to any state bar. This includes law students, JD graduates prior to admittance to any state bar, and those Tribal Court advocates, prosecutors, or judicial officers not admitted to any state bar.
Special Members. Each member of the class of Special members shall be those members not eligible for regular or associate membership who are licensed by any state bar in good standing, are JD graduates not admitted to any state bar, or are law students and are interested in the law directly relating to Tribal Nations. Special members shall pay dues as provided in Article XI, section 1, but shall not vote, hold office, or serve as a director of the Association. Special members shall have all other rights, privileges, and duties attendant to membership in the Association.
Current Regular Members
Andrew Adams III
Muscogee Nation Citizen
Hogen Adams PLLC
1935 County Road B2 W
Suite 460
Saint Paul, MN 55113
University of Wisconsin (2006)
Bar admissions: Minnesota, Oklahoma, & Wisconsin
Chris Allery
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Trial Court
University of North Dakota (1999)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Chris Anderson
Bois Forte Band -- Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
Mary Al Balber
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Office of General Counsel
30 East 7th Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
Law School and Graduation Year: Hamline University School of Law (1990)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Jacqueline Beaulieu
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Assistant Hennepin County Attorney
Child Protection Division
525 Portland Ave S, 12th Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55415
University of Minnesota (1999)
Bar admissions: Minnesota; U.S. District Court of Minnesota; White Earth Tribal Court; Mille Lacs Tribal Court; Leech Lake Tribal Court
Jennifer Beck-Brown
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Lieutenant Colonel in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, Minnesota Army National Guard
Hennepin County Attorney's Office
300 South 6th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
William Mitchell College of Law (2003)
Bar admissions: Minnesota; Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Jamie Becker-Finn
Leech Lake
State of Minnesota
559 State Office Building
100 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
St. Paul, MN 55155
William Mitchell College of Law (2011)
Hon. Robert A. Blaeser
White Earth Anishinaabe
Robert A. Blaeser, ADR, LLC and White Earth Nation (Retired)
Law School and Graduation Year: University of Minnesota (1979)
Bar admissions: MN Supreme Court 1979; US District Court, District of MN 1979; US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals 1980
Henry M Buffalo Jr
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Buffalo Law Office
Wisconsin (1981)
Bar admissions: Minnesota, Wisconsin
Rebecca Chapman
Wyandot of Anderdon
University of Minnesota Law School (2002)
Bar admissions: Minnesota, Federal District of Minnesota, California, Ho-Chunk Nation Tribal Court
Shauna Coons
Lac Courte Oreilles
Kwe Law Firm PLLC
4707 Highway 61 North, No. 248
White Bear Lake, MN 55110
William Mitchell School of Law (2007)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Angel E. Daher
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Office of Solicitor General
Hamline University School of Law (2002)
Bar admissions: Minnesota, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Heidi Drobnick
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
Swanson, Drobnick & Tousey P.C.
3120 Woodbury Drive, Suite 200
Woodbury, MN 55725
University of Minnesota (1991)
Bar admissions: Supreme Court of Minnesota; Supreme Court of Texas; Federal District Court of Minnesota; Bois Forte Tribal Court; Prairie Island Tribal Court; Shakopee Tribal Court; Winnebago Tribal Court; Sisseton Wahpeton Tribal Court; White Earth Tribal Court; Mille Lacs Tribal Court; Red Lake Tribal Court; Lower Sioux Tribal Court; Ho-Chunk Nation Tribal Court; Upper Sioux Tribal Court
GeWaden Dunkley
Asabekone Zaaga'igan(Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe)
Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid: Disability Law Center
Mitchell Hamline School of Law (2022)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Angelique EagleWoman
Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation
Keala Ede
Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian)
Minnesota Judicial Branch
25 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155
University of California, Berkeley School of Law (2003)
Bar admissions: Hawaii, Minnesota, California, American Samoa
Jill Kehaulani Esch
Native Hawaiian
Jacob Glass
White Earth Nation
Enbridge Energy
Mitchell Hamline School of Law (2017)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Peter Glass
White Earth Nation
Xcel Energy Inc
Mitchell Hamline School of Law (1992)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Sandra Glass-Sirany
White Earth
Revisor of Statutes, Minnesota Legislature
100 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard
St. Paul, MN 55155
William Mitchell Law School (1990)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Lorenzo Gudino
Fort Sill Apache
Hogen Adams PLLC
1935 County Rd B2 W.
Ste. 460
St. Paul, MN 55113
University of Wisconsin (2021)
Bar admissions: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Oklahoma
Thomas Hipkins
White Earth Band of Ojibwe
Fredrikson & Byron P.A.
60 South 6th St #1500, Minneapolis, MN 55402
University of Minnesota Law School (2003)
Bar admissions: 2003
Vanya S. Hogen
Oglala Sioux Tribe
Hogen Adams PLLC
1935 West County Rd B2
Suite 460
University of Minnesota Law School (1993)
Bar admissions: Minnesota, South Dakota
Kaitlyn Johnson
Chickahominy
Target Corp
Target Plaza South
1000 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55403
University of Minnesota Law School (2014)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Tadd Johnson
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
University of Minnesota Law School (1985)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Leah Jurss
White Earth Band of Ojibwe
Hogen Adams PLLC
1935 County Rd B2 W.
Ste. 460
Michigan State University College of Law (2015)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Melissa Lorentz
Eastern Band of Cherokee
Terry Mason Moore
Osage Nation
Osage Nation
157 S 7TH ST
Fairfax, OK 74367
University of New Mexico School of Law
Bar admissions: Oklahoma
Veronica Newcomer
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
William Mitchell College of Law (Mitchell Hamline) (2013)
Bar admissions: Minnesota; White Earth
Anne K. McKeig
White Earth
Minnesota Supreme Court
Minnesota Judicial Center
25 Rev. Dr. MLK Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155
Hamline University School of Law (1992)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Barbara Ann Olds
Spirit Lake
White Earth Legal Department
University of North Dakota School of Law (2016)
Sarah Oquist
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Oquist McFadden Consulting, PLLC
17377 Weaver Lake Drive #212
Maple Grove MN 55311
Creighton University
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Joy Parker
Abenaki
The Jacobson Law Group
180 East Fifth Street
Suite 940
Saint Paul, MN 55101
University of Arizona College of Law (2021)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Emily Peterson
Oneida Nation of Wisconsin
Assistant United States Attorney, District of Minnesota
600 U.S. Courthouse | 300 South 4th Street |
Minneapolis MN 55415
University of Minnesota Law School (2013)
Bar admissions: Minnesota, U.S. District Courts for the District of Minnesota and the Western District of Wisconsin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Matthew Ralston
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Hennepin County Adult Representation Services
525 Portland Ave Suite 1000
Minneapolis, MN 55412
Seattle University (2007)
Bar admissions: Minnesota, Wisconsin
Reid Raymond
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
Office of the Hennepin County Attorney
300 South Sixth Street
A-2000
Minneapolis, MN 55487
University of Minnesota Law School (1990)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Jeannice Reding
Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican
State of Minnesota, Fourth Judicial District
300 South Sixth Street, C-3
Minneapolis, MN 55487
University of Minnesota Law School (1990)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Aarik Robertson
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Director of Strategic Initiatives - Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures
William Mitchell College of Law (2015)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Racey J Rodne
Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma
McEllistrem Fargione, P.A.
7900 International Drive, Suite 700
Mitchell Hamline School of Law (2019)
Bar admission: Minnesota
Jessica Ryan
Brothertown Indian Nation
Ryan Skeesuck Law Firm
4036 16th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407, USA
Hamline University School of Law (1997)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Rebecca St. George
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and White Earth Nation
Duluth City Attorney's Office
Hamline University School of Law (2013)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Lenor Scheffler Blaeser
Lower Sioux Dakota Community
Lower Sioux Indian Community, General Counsel
William Mitchell College of Law (1988)
Bar admissions: Minnesota, Washington, Wisconsin, U.S. District Court of Minnesota, Mille Lacs Tribal Court, Prairie Island Tribal Court, Lower Sioux Tribal Court, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Tribal Court, Stillaguamish Tribal Court
Leah R. Sixkiller
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
Hogen Adams PLLC
1935 West County Road B2, Suite 460
Saint Paul, MN 55113
University of Arizona College of Law (2010)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
George Soule
White Earth Band of Ojibwe
Soule & Stull LLC
7201 Metro Boulevard, Suite #200
Edina, MN 55439
Harvard Law School (1979)
Bar admissions: Minnesota, Wisconsin
Kekek Jason Stark
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
Alexander Blewitt III School of Law at the University of Montana
32 Campus Drive
Law 113
Missoula, MT 59812
Hamline University School of Law (2006)
Bar admissions: Minnesota, LCO Tribal Court, WDW, 7th Cir., US Supreme Court
Kai William Pualalea Storrs
The ICWA Law Center
1730 Clifton Pl, Minneapolis, MN 55403
The University of St. Thomas Law School (2023)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Benjamin Swankier
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Mitchell-Hamline School of Law (2023)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Tammy Swanson
White Earth
Swanson, Drobnick & Tousey P.C.
3120 Woodbury Drive, Suite 200
Woodbury, MN 55725
University of Minnesota Law School (1991)
Bar admissions: Supreme Court of Minnesota; Prairie Island Tribal Court; Shakopee Tribal Court; White Earth Tribal Court; Mille Lacs Tribal Court; Leech Lake Tribal Court; Upper Sioux Tribal Court; Lower Sioux Tribal Court
Victoria Sweet
White Earth Nation
NoVo Foundation
Michigan State College of Law (2013)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Forrest Tahdooahnippah
Comanche Nation
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
875 Summit Ave
St. Paul, MN 55105
University of Minnesota (2010)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Dominic J. Terry
Navajo Nation
Hennepin County Attorney’s Office
525 Portland Ave. South
12th Fl.
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Mitchell Hamline School of Law (2018)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Phyllis Tousey
Brothertown
Swanson, Drobnick & Tousey P.C.
3120 Woodbury Drive, Suite 200
Woodbury, MN 55725
University of Minnesota
Bar admissions: Minnesota; Wisconsin; United States District Court District of Minnesota; Bois Forte Tribal Court; Prairie Island Tribal Court; White Earth Tribal Court; Upper Sioux Tribal Court; Lower Sioux Tribal Court; Ho-Chunk Tribal Court; Mille Lacs Tribal Court; St. Croix Chippewa tribal Court; Menominee Tribal Court; Leech Lake Tribal Court; Forest County Potawatomi Tribal Court; Sisseton Wahpeton Tribal Court; Flandreau Santee Tribal Court; Red Lake Tribal Court.
Megan Treuer
White Earth/Leech Lake Bands of Ojibwe
Mitchell Hamline School of Law (2005)
Arielle Strong Wagner
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP
Suite 2200
100 Washington Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55401
University of Minnesota Law School (2016)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Korey Wahwassuck
Cree
State of Minnesota-Ninth Judicial District
123 NE 4th Street
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
University of Missouri-Columbia (1991)
Melvin R. Welch
Brothertown Indians of Wisconsin
Welch Law Firm
250 South 2nd Avenue
Suite 205
Minneapolis, MN 55401
University of Minnesota Law (2007)
Bar admissions: Minnesota, District of Minnesota, District of Colorado
Current Associate Members
Kaylee Sharp Bauer
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
Minnesota Board of Public Defense, Seventh Judicial District
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law (2024)
Billie Jo Berry
Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2026
Ty Blake-Holden
Cherokee Descendent
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2027
Emma Brunelle
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2024
Lisa Ellanna
King Island Native Community
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2025
Rachel Evangelisto
Standing Rock Lakota Sioux
Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Expected Graduation 2026
Victoria Green
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Expected Graduation 2025
Kylan Hill
Red Lake Ojibwe
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2026
Ashley LaFriniere
Turtle Mountain Tribal Citizen & White Earth Descendant
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2026
Randa Larsen
White Earth Band of Ojibwe
Student at University of Minnesota Law School, expected graduation in 2024
Dayna Maldonado
Saginaw Chippewa
Student at Mitchell Hamline, expected graduation in 2024
Mariah Norwood
Cherokee Nation
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2024
Tianna Marie Odegard
Upper Sioux Community
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2025
Theo L Perzichilli
Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Expected Graduation 2025
Jon-Erik Prichard
Tlingit Alaskan Native
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2027
Reen Reinhardt
Indigenous of Mayan descent
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2024
Mary Ringhand
Red
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
Red Lake Nation Tribal Court
P.O. Box 572
Red Lake, MN 56671
University of Minnesota Law School (1991)
Keeli Siyaka
Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2025
Shalese Snowdon
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Aminakee Wa Zhing First Nation
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2025
Maranda Surginer
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Expected Graduation 2026
Angela Teeple
Bay Mills Indian Community
United States Air Force
University of Oklahoma (2021)
Savannah Thibert
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2025
Amber Van Fleet
Colorado River Indian Tribes
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2025
William Vandergriff
Native Village of Shishmaref & Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2026
Warren Warrington
Menominee
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2025
Current Special Members
Deidre Y. Aanstad
United States Department of Justice
Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys
175 N. St. NE
Washington, DC 20530
University of Minnesota (2003)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Jody Alholinna
MN Guardian Ad Litem Program
Hamline University School of Law (1998)
Bar admissions: Minnesota, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Tribal Court, Prairie Island Tribal Court, White Earth Tribal Court
Heather Capistrant
Ramsey County Attorney's Office
121 Seventh Place E, Suite 4500
St. Paul, MN 55101
Valparaiso University School of Law (1996)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Erik Christensen
Erik A. Christensen, Attorney at Law
115 Minnesota Avenue N
Aitkin, MN 56431
University of St. Thomas School of Law (2004)
Bar admissions: Minnesota, Mille Lacs
Ellen Currier
Hogen Adams PLLC
1935 County Rd. B2 W., Ste. 460
Saint Paul, MN 55113
Mitchell Hamline School of Law (2022)
Bar admissions: Minnesota State Court; Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Tribal Court; Lower Sioux Indian Community Tribal Court; Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Court
Angela Bullard Davis
Minnesota Continuing Legal Education
2550 University Ave W,
Ste 160-S
Saint Paul, MN 55114
Georgia State University (1991)
Bar admissions: Minnesota; Georgia
Gary A. Debele
Messerli Kramer, P.A.
1400 Fifth Street Towers
100 South Sixth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
University of Minnesota Law School (1987)
Bar admissions: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Shakopee Mdewakanton Dakota Tribal Court, Prairie Island Tribal Court, and any other tribal courts in Minnesota and Wisconsin where the need arises.
Dena Ehrich
3M
3M Center, Building 220
Mail Stop 220-9E-01
Maplewood, MN 55144
William Mitchell College of Law (2004)
Valerie Field
Anishinabe Legal Services
P.O. Box 157
Cass Lake, MN 56633
University of Cincinnati (2003)
Joseph Flynn
Jardine Logan & O'Brien
8519 Eagle Point BLVD. Suite 100, Lake Elmo, MN 55042
William Mitchell College of Law (1985)
Michael Harralson
Deputy Judge, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Associate Justice, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Supreme Court
University of St. Thomas School of Law (2006)
Samantha Hermsen
Hogen Adams PLLC
1935 County Road B2 West, Suite 460
St. Paul, MN 55113
Mitchell Hamline School of Law (2020)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Jeffrey Holth
The Jacobson Law Group
180 East Fifth Street
Suite 940
Saint Paul, MN 55101
William Mitchell College of Law (2012)
Bar admissions: Minnesota and North Dakota
Nancy A. Krieg
New Beginnings Law
7572 Arbor Lane
Savage, MN 55378
William Mitchell College of Law (2014)
Rebecca Jo McConkey-Greene
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
190 Sailstar Drive NW
Cass Lake, MN 56633
University of St. Thomas, School of Law (2007)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Jared Miller
University of Wyoming (2012)
Bar admissions: Minnesota, Washington, Mille Lacs Band courts
Maya E. Missaghi
Estate & Elder Law Services-Volunteers of America
1900 Central Ave NE Suite 106
William Mitchell College of Law (2015)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Debra Pexa
Minnesota Women Lawyers
600 Nicollet Mall
Suite 390B
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Sean Quinn
Minnesota Workers Compensation Court of Appeals
25 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Suite 405
St. Paul, MN 55155
University of Minnesota Law School (1989)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Sharon Ragoonan
Student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, expected graduation in 2027
Catherine Rios-Keating
United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
Mitchell Hamline School of Law (2021)
Todd Roen
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
2330 Sioux Trail NW
Prior Lake, MN 55372
University of Minnesota Law School (1996)
Bar admissions: Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
Colette Routel
Fourth Judicial District
4847 5th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55419
University of Michigan Law School (2001)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Nicole Starr
State of Minnesota Judicial Branch
15 West Kellogg Blvd.
St Paul, MN 55102
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Sara K. Van Norman
Van Norman Law, PLLC
310 4th Ave. S., Ste. 5010
Minneapolis, MN 55415
University of Minnesota Law School (2004)
Bar admissions: Minnesota
Chloe Thompson Villagomez
Foster Garvey PC
1111 Third Ave. Suite 3000
Seattle, WA 98101
University of Minnesota (2004)
Bar admissions: Minnesota, Washington
Amy Weisgram
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Suite 1500
50 S 6th St.
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Mitchell Hamline School of Law (2017)
Bar admissions: Minnesota (state & federal), Mille Lacs Band Court (MN), Grand Traverse Band Court (MI)
