Angelique EagleWoman

Angelique EagleWoman
Nationality	Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation
Other names	Wambdi Awanwicake WasteWin
Education	Bachelor of Arts, JD, LLM
Alma mater	Stanford University, University of North Dakota School of Law, University of Tulsa College of Law
Occupation	Dean of Bora Laskin Faculty of Law Lakehead University.
Known for	First Aboriginal woman appointed as a dean of a Canadian law school.

Angelique EagleWoman (Wambdi A. WasteWin) is a citizen of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation. She is a law professor and legal scholar in Canada, and in May 2016 she was appointed Dean of the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law at Lakehead University.^[1]

Career

Before being appointed Dean at Lakehead University, EagleWoman taught at the University of Idaho College of Law, held a position in the law faculty at Hamline University School of Law, and a visiting position at the University of Kansas School of Law. Her classes focus on tribal economic development, legal code development, litigation, criminal law, and international Indigenous law.^[2]

Several times, EagleWoman has served on the board for the National Native American Bar Association. Additionally, she holds memberships with the District of Columbia, Oklahoma, and South Dakota Bar Associations. Of particular note is her time serving as General Counsel to the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Oyate, working as an associate attorney with Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse and Endreson in Washington D.C., and her work as a Tribal Public Defender for the Kaw Nation and the Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.^[2]

Education and awards

EagleWoman has her BA in Political Science from Stanford University, her JD from University of North Dakota School of Law with distinction, her LLM from University of Tulsa College of Law, with honours, studying American Indian and Indigenous Law.^[3]

During the spring of 2008, EagleWoman received the Kansas University Center for Indigenous Nation's Crystal Eagle Award. This award was for recognition of her leadership and dedication in helping members and students in Indigenous communities. Other awards include:

• Martin Luther King Jr. Award, 3rd Annual "For Service to the Spiritual Life of the University of North Dakota" (January 14, 2000)
• Kansas University Center for Indigenous Nation's Crystal Eagle Award (2008)
• William F. and Joan L. Boyd Excellence in Teaching Award (January 2010)
• One of twelve national Emerging Scholars by Diverse Issues in Higher Education^[4] (January 7, 2010)
• Recognition as Distinguished Alumni Scholar by Stanford University (May 2010)
• Inspirational Faculty Award by the University of Idaho Office of Alumni Relations (December 2010)
• Allan G. Shepard Distinguished Professor at the College of Law (2011-2012)
• Named one of 9 Notable Women Who Rule American Indian Law^[5] by Indian Country Today (October 2013)
• University of Idaho Athena Woman of the Year Award for Faculty (April 2014)^[2]
• University of Idaho College of Law Diversity & Human Rights Award (2016)
• University of Idaho Dr. Arthur Maxwell Taylor Excellence in Diversity Award (2016)

Works

• EagleWoman, Angelique, "Federal Courts - Indians: The Eleventh Amendment and Seminole Tribe: Reinvigorating the Doctrine of State Sovereign Immunity", (1997), North Dakota Law Review, Vol. 73, No. 1, 1997
• EagleWoman, Angelique, "Strate v. A-1 Contractors: Intrusion into the Sovereign Domain of Native Nations", (1998), North Dakota Law Review, Vol. 74, No. 4, 1998
• EagleWoman, Angelique, "Re-Establishing the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate's Reservation Boundaries: Building a Legal Rationale from Current International Law", (2004-2005), American Indian Law Review, Vol. 29, p. 239, 2004-2005
• EagleWoman, Angelique, "The Philosophy of Colonization Underlying Taxation Imposed Upon Tribal Nations within the United States", (2007), Tulsa Law Review, Vol. 43, No. 1, 2007
• EagleWoman, Angelique, "Tribal Values of Taxation within the Tribalist Economic Theory", (2008), Indigenous Nations Journal, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2008 and Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2008
• EagleWoman, Angelique, "Fencing Off the Eagle and the Condor, Border Politics, and Indigenous Peoples", (2008), ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources: Natural Resources & Environment, Vol. 23, No. 2, p. 33, Fall 2008
• EagleWoman, Angelique, "Tribal Nation Economics: Rebuilding Commercial Prosperity in Spite of U.S. Trade Restraints - Recommendations for Economic Revitalization in Indian Country", (2009), Tulsa Law Review, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 383-426, 2009
• EagleWoman, Angelique, "The Eagle and the Condor of the Western Hemisphere: Application of International Indigenous Principles to Halt the United States Border Wall", (2009), Idaho Law Review, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 1-18, 2009
• EagleWoman, Angelique, "Tribal Hunting and Fishing Lifeways & Tribal-State Relations in Idaho", (2009), Idaho Law Review, Vol. 46, No. 1, 2009
• EagleWoman, Angelique, "Tribal Nations and Tribalist Economics: The Historical and Contemporary Impacts of Intergenerational Material Poverty and Cultural Wealth within the United States", (2010), Washburn Law Journal, Vol. 49, 2010
• EagleWoman, Angelique, "A Constitutional Crisis When the U.S. Supreme Court Acts in a Legislative Manner? An Essay Offering a Perspective on Judicial Activism in Federal Indian Law and Federal Civil Procedure Pleading Standards", (2010), Penn State Law Review Penn Statim, Vol. 114, No. 41, 2010
• EagleWoman, Angelique, "Cultural and Economic Self-Determination for Tribal Peoples in the United States Supported by the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples", (2010), Pace Environmental Law (PELR) Review, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2010
• EagleWoman, Angelique, "Bringing Balance to Mid-North America: Re-Structuring the Sovereign Relationships between Tribal Nations and the United States", (2012), University of Baltimore Law Review, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2012
• EagleWoman, Angelique, "Wintertime for the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate: Over One Hundred Fifty Years of Human Rights Violations by the United States and the Need for a Reconciliation Involving International Indigenous Human Rights Norms", (2013), William Mitchell Law Review, Vol. 39, No. 2, 2013
• EagleWoman, Angelique and Leeds, Stacy, Excerpt from Mastering American Indian Law: Chapter 3 - Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country, (2013), PERC Research Paper No. 13-7, University of Arkansas Research Paper No. 13-16
• EagleWoman, Angelique and Leeds, Stacy, Mastering American Indian Law. (2013)
• EagleWoman, Angelique,"Balancing between Two Worlds: A Dakota Woman's Reflections on Being a Law Professor", (2014)
• EagleWoman, Angelique, "The Ongoing Traumatic Experience of Genocide for American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States: The Call to Recognize Full Human Rights as Set Forth in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples", (2015), American Indian Law Journal, Vol. III, Issue II, Spring 2015
• EagleWoman, Angelique and Rice, G. William, "American Indian Children and U.S. Indian Policy" (March 9, 2016). Tribal Law Journal, Vol. 2015-2016.

References

1. ↑ Loriggio, Paola (January 13, 2016). "First aboriginal woman appointed as dean of Canadian law school". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved June 20, 2016. 
2. 1 2 3 "Angelique EagleWoman". University of Idaho Law. Retrieved June 20, 2016. 
3. ↑ "Angelique EagleWoman appointed Dean of Lakehead's Bora Laskin Faculty of Law". Lakehead University. January 12, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2016. 
4. ↑ "Diverse | Archive | Emerging Scholars". diverseeducation.com. Retrieved 2016-07-20. 
5. ↑ leeanne (2013-10-23). "9 Notable Women Lawyers Who Rule". Indian Country Today Media Network.com. Retrieved 2016-07-20.