Terri D. Yellowhammer at a glance
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Terri D. Yellowhammer
Biography
Professional career
- Terri D. Yellowhammer is a judge of Minnesota’s Fourth Judicial District, appointed in 2020 and re‐elected in 2022, with a career rooted in Native American legal advocacy and tribal court service
- Employment: Indian Child Welfare Law Center, Staff Attorney, 2014 – 2017
- Employment: White Earth Tribal Court, Appellate Judge, 2012 – 2014
- Employment: White Earth Tribal Court, Judge, 2007 – 2011
- Judge in Hennepin County’s Fourth Judicial District Court, the largest trial court in Minnesota
- She has also worked to indigenize Minnesota’s largest courtroom, introducing tribal flags, Native art, and traditional practices into Hennepin County Juvenile Justice Center proceedings to make the space more welcoming for Native families
Education
- University of Minnesota Law School — J.D. (1995)
- College of St. Catherine — B.A. (1985)
Additional information
- Appointed/Elected: Current term expires December 31, 2028.
- Appointed by Governor Tim Walz on October 2, 2020 to replace retiring Judge Fred Karasov, and elected to a full term on November 8, 2022.
- Appointed/Elected: Appointed November 16, 2020, by Governor Tim Walz.
- Employment: Hennepin County, American Indian Community Relations Development Manager, 2018 – 2020
- In 2007, she received the Minnesota Department of Human Services Achievement Award for her work on the Tribal/State Agreement on Indian Child Welfare
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