Angelique W. EagleWoman

Sisseton-Wahpeton (Dakota) Oyate.  She is a citizen of the Sisseton Wahpeton (Dakota) Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation and has Rosebud Lakota heritage. She graduated from Stanford University with a BA in Political Science, received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of North Dakota School of Law with distinction, and her L.L.M. in American Indian and Indigenous Law with honors from the University of Tulsa College of Law.  As a law professor, she has taught in the areas of Aboriginal Legal Issues, Indigenous Legal Traditions, Tribal Nation Economics & Law, Native American Law, Native American Natural Resources Law, Tribal Code Drafting Clinic, Contracts, The Business of Law, and Civil Procedure.  Angelique presents and publishes on topics involving tribal-based economics, Indigenous sovereignty, international Indigenous principles, and the quality of life for Indigenous peoples.  She has been the recipient of numerous awards in legal academia and has been a frequent speaker on issues of diversity, inclusion, and professionalism in legal and academic fora.  As a law professor at the University of Idaho College of Law, she established the Native American Law Emphasis program and graduated thirty-three law students over seven years. She also formerly served as the dean of the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law at Lakehead University and was the first Indigenous law dean in Canada.  Professor EagleWoman is a citizen of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Oyate and the U.S.  She is currently a professor and Director of the Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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