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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.
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.
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 (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 by Indian Country Today (October 2013)
University of Idaho Athena Woman of the Year Award for Faculty (April 2014)
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.
