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MAIBA Judges

Tribal Courts

Andrew Adams III (Muscogee (Creek)) – Justice, Muscogee (Creek) Nation Supreme Court; Chief Justice, Santee Sioux Nation of Nebraska Supreme Court; Justice, Gun Lake Tribal Supreme Court

Robert Blaeser (White Earth Anishinaabe) – Minnesota Chippewa Tribal Court of Appeals

Henry M. Buffalo, Jr. (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa) – Chief Judge, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribal Court, Chief Judge, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Tribal Court

Phil Brodeen (Bois Forte) – Associate Justice, Lower Sioux Indian Community Tribal Court

Shauna Coons (Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe) – Associate Judge, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribal Court

Angelique EagleWoman (Sisseton Wahpeton) – Chief Justice, Sisseton-Wahpeton Supreme Court

Joe Plummer (White Earth), Special Magistrate, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe

Lenor Scheffler Blaeser (Lower Sioux)  – Chief Judge, Upper Sioux Community Tribal Court; White Earth Band of Ojibwe Court of Appeals

Leah Sixkiller (Red Lake) – Associate Justice, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Tribal Court

George Soule (White Earth) – White Earth Band of Ojibwe Court of Appeal; Prairie Island Indian Community Court of Appeals

Tammy Swanson (White Earth) – Special Magistrate, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe

Megan Treuer (White Earth) – Chief Judge, Bois Forte Tribal Court; Associate Judge, Leech Lake; Associate Judge, White Earth Band of Ojibwe 

United States District Court

Leo Brisbois (White Earth) – United States District Court for the District of Minnesota (Magistrate Judge) (Appointed 2010)

Minnesota

Supreme Court

Anne McKeig (White Earth) – Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice (Appointed 2016)

Court of Appeals

Sarah Wheelock (Meskwaki Nation (Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa)) – Minnesota Court of Appeals (Appointed 2022)

Keala Ede (Native Hawaiian) Minnesota Court of Appeals (Appointed 2023)

District Court

Robert A. Blaeser (White Earth) – State of Minnesota – Fourth Judicial District (Retired)

Jeannice Reding  (Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans) – State of Minnesota – Fourth Judicial District (Appointed 2006)

Korey Wahwassuck (Cree) – State of Minnesota Ninth Judicial District (Appointed 2013)

Terri Yellowhammer (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe) – State of Minnesota Fourth Judicial District (Appointed 2020)

Colette Routel (long-time Special Member) – State of Minnesota Fourth Judicial District (Appointed 2021)