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Former Cherokee Nation Attorney General Sara E. Hill was nominated on Wednesday  to become a federal district judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma. If confirmed, Hill would be the fourth active Native American federal district court judge in the country, the seventh in the history of the federal judiciary, and the first Native American woman federal judge in the state of Oklahoma.

On Oct. 18, President Joe Biden nominated former Cherokee Nation Attorney General Sara Hill to serve as a federal judge in Oklahoma.

The professor and leader leaves a legacy in Indigenous advocacy.

The 53rd annual United Tribes Technical College International Powwow begins Friday, with other events including a Tribal Leader Summit starting Tuesday.

Farmington High School alum John Echohawk has received the Thurgood Marshall Award for his work as a lifelong champion of civil and human rights.