Michelle Brown-Yazzie
Michelle Brown-Yazzie is the Assistant Attorney General for the Navajo Nation Department of Justice Water Rights Unit.[1] Michelle Brown-Yazzie is a member of the Navajo Nation as well as being of Oglala Lakota and Salish and Kootenai descent.[2] She is originally from Na’Niilzhiin (Torreon), New Mexico, and is a part of the Táchii’nii Clan.[1]
Education
Michelle Brown-Yazzie attended the University of New Mexico for her undergraduate degree where in 1995, she earned her B.A. in English and political science. She then went on to attend law school at the University of Iowa College of Law where she received her J.D. in 1999.[1]
Career
At the start of her career, Michelle Brown-Yazzie served as the Staff Attorney and Senior Prosecutor for the Navajo Nation.[1] After this, she was appointed as the New Mexico Deputy Cabinet Secretary for the New Mexico Indian Affairs Department by Governor Bill Richardson.[2] She practiced law for 21 years before she started serving in the judiciary in 2011.[2] Before moving to her current job, Michelle Brown-Yazzie served as Chief Judge for the Mescalero Apache Tribe.[1] Michelle Brown-Yazzie is currently serving as the Assistant Attorney General for the Navajo Nation Department of Justice Water Rights Unit where she is working on the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply pipeline project.[3] Brown-Yazzie and her office is also working on the settlement process with the state of Arizona over water rights for the Navajo Nation.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Water Rights Unit". www.nndoj.org. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ a b c "Tribal Advisory Board". The National Judicial College. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ John, Hannah (2021-10-08). "Navajo-Gallup water project bracing for cuts". Navajo Times. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ Denetclaw, Pauly (2022-03-01). "Tribes along the Colorado River navigate a stacked settlement process to claim their water rights". www.hcn.org. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
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