List of Native American jurists
This is a dynamic list of Native Americans who are or were judges, magistrate judges, court commissioners, administrative law judges or tribal court judges. If known, it will be listed if a judge has served on multiple courts and their tribal membership.
| Judge | Court/Agency & Years of Service | State/Territory | Status |
| Abby Abinanti | San Francisco Superior Court ; Yurok Tribal Court | California | active |
| Dawn Baum | Yurok Tribal Court | California | unknown |
| Jessica R. Bear | Meskwaki Nation Tribal Court | Iowa | active |
| Jennifer D. Benally | District Court for the Navajo Nation | Arizona | deceased |
| Robert A. Blaeser | Fourth Judicial District-Hennepin County | Minnesota | retired |
| Evelyne Bradley | Kayenta Judicial Court | Arizona | active |
| Leo Brisbois | United States District Court for the District of Minnesota | Minnesota | active |
| Sandy Dexter Brooks | Robeson County Superior Court | North Carolina | deceased |
| Michelle Brown-Yazzie | Mescalero Apache Tribal Court | New Mexico | active |
| Michael Burrage | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma/United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma/United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma ; | Oklahoma | active |
| Brooke Locklear Clark | Robeson County District Court | North Carolina | active |
| Chantel Cloud | Southern Ute Tribal Court | Colorado | inactive |
| Charles Cloud | Norfolk General District Court | Virginia | retired |
| Walter Echo-Hawk | Supreme Court of the Pawnee Nation | Oklahoma | active |
| Eldena Bear Don’t Walk | Chief Justice of the Crow Tribe | Montana | inactive |
| Fred W. Gabourie | Los Angeles County Municipal Court | California | retired |
| Carrie Garrow | St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Court | New York | active |
| Keith Harper | Mashantucket Pequot Tribe's Appellate Court ; Supreme Court of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians | Montana | inactive |
| P.J. Herne | St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Court | New York | inactive |
| Gilbert Horn Sr. | Fort Belknap Tribal Juvenile Court | Montana | deceased |
| Diane Humetewa | Hopi Appellate Court ; United States District Court for the District of Arizona | Arizona | active |
| Joey Jayne | Justice of the Peace in Lake and Sanders Counties | Montana | resigned |
| William Bluehouse Johnson | Isleta Pueblo Appellate Court | New Mexico | active |
| William D. Johnson | Umatilla Tribal Court | Oregon | active |
| B.J. Jones | Chief Judge of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Court, Chief Judge of the Prairie Island Indian Community Court, Chief Justice of the Turtle Mountain Tribal Court of Appeals, Special Magistrate of the Non-Removable Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Tribal Court, Associate Judge for the Fort Berthold District Court, Associate Judge for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Court, Associate Justice for the Oglala Sioux Tribal Court and the Flandreau-Santee Sioux Tribal Courts, Deputy Judge for the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe | North Dakota | inactive |
| Gary Larance | Bishop Paiute Tribe Court | California | active |
| Ira Left Hand Sr. | Tribal Court of the Crow Indian Reservation | Montana | deceased |
| Brad Letts | North Carolina 30th Judicial District Court | North Carolina | retired |
| Phil Lujan | Citizen Potawatomi Nation Judge | Oklahoma | active |
| Merwin Lynch | Puerco District of Apache County ; Navajo Nation Supreme Court | Arizona | deceased |
| Allie Greenleaf Maldonado | Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Tribal Court | Michigan | active |
| John Manydeeds | Eau Claire County Court | Wisconsin | active |
| John Martin | Supreme Court of the Cherokee Nation | Tennessee | deceased |
| Lacy Maynor | Maxton Recorder's Court | North Carolina | deceased |
| Angelica Chavis McIntyre | Robeson County District Court | North Carolina | active |
| Anne McKeig | Minnesota Fourth District Court ; Minnesota Supreme Court | Minnesota | active |
| Robert Medina | Pueblo of Isleta Tribal Court & Justice; Southwest Intertribal Court of Appeals | New Mexico | active |
| Arvo Mikkanen | Court of Indian Offenses for the Anadarko Area Tribes ; Supreme Court of the Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes. | Oklahoma | inactive |
| Mark A. Montour | New York State Supreme Court | New York | active |
| Raquel Montoya-Lewis | Whatcom County Superior Court ; Washington Supreme Court | Washington | active |
| Debra O’Gara | Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Tribal Court | Alaska | active |
| Richard Osburn | Mille Lacs Band Tribal Court | Minnesota | inactive |
| Patricia Paul | Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Tribal Court | Oregon | active |
| James Phillips | Grays Harbor County Superior Court | Washington | deceased |
| Joseph Plumer | Meskwaki Nation Tribal Court | Iowa | active |
| David Raasch | Stockbridge Munsee Tribal Court | Wisconsin | inactive |
| Dustin Rowe | Chickasaw Nation District Court ; Oklahoma Supreme Court | Oklahoma | active |
| Steve Russell | Austin Municipal Court ; Travis County Court of Law No. 2 | Texas | retired |
| Deborah L. Sanchez | Los Angeles County Superior Court | California | active |
| Frank Howell Seay | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma | Oklahoma | inactive |
| Debra Shopteese | Massachusetts State District Court | Massachusetts | active |
| Barbara Smith | District Court Judge for the Chickasaw Nation; Supreme Court of the Chickasaw Nation | Oklahoma | deceased |
| Terri Smith | Wind River Indian Reservation Tribal Court | Wyoming | resigned |
| George W. Soule | White Earth Band of Ojibwe and Prairie Island Indian Community Court of Appeals | Minnesota | active |
| Melvin R. Stoof | Pascua Yaqui Trial Court | Arizona | active |
| Sunshine S. Sykes | Riverside County Superior Court | California | active |
| William A. Thorne, Jr. | Utah Court of Appeals | Utah | retired |
| Margaret Seelye Treuer | Bois Forte Tribal Court; Leach Lake Tribal Court; United States District Court of Minnesota | Minnesota | deceased |
| Carol Jean Vigil | New Mexico 1st Judicial District Judge | New Mexico | deceased |
| Philip Viles | Supreme Court of the Cherokee Nation ; Supreme Court of Georgia | Oklahoma | retired |
| Korey Wahwassuck | Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Tribal Court; Minnesota Ninth Judicial District | Minnesota | active |
| Claudette C. White | San Manuel Tribal Court | California | active |
| Ronald J. Whitener | Northwest Intertribal Court of Appeals; Chehalis Tribal Court of Appeals; Upper Skagit Tribal Court of Appeals | Washington | active |
| Samuel Winder | New Mexico Second Judicial District Court | New Mexico | active |
| Joseph J. Wiseman | Northern California Intertribal Court; Court of Appeals, Round Valley Indian Tribes | California | active |
Other topics of interest
- List of African-American jurists
- List of Asian American jurists
- List of Hispanic/Latino American jurists
- List of Jewish American jurists
- List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States
- List of first minority male lawyers and judges in the United States