Obama’s district court nominee to be sole American Indian on federal bench
NCAI urges swift confirmation of Assistant U.S. Attorney Arvo Mikkanen as federal district court judge
WASHINGTON - The National
Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
commends the Obama administration’s
nomination of Assistant U.S. Attorney
Arvo Mikkanen to the U.S. District Court
for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
NCAI, the nation’s oldest and largest
American Indian and Alaska Native orga
nization, is calling on the U.S. Senate to
move quickly to confirm the appointment
and fill the federal district court vacancy.
“Assistant U.S. Attorney Mikkanen
has served our country for many years
as a federal prosecutor and with his vast
experience in both federal and Tribal law,
he is an excellent choice for the federal
District Court in Northern Oklahoma,”
said Jefferson Keel, president of NCAI
and lieutenant governor of the Chicka
saw Nation in Oklahoma, on Feb. 3. “We
urge the Senate to act swiftly to confirm
Mr. Mikkanen’s nomination and make
the federal judiciary more representative
of all citizens of this country, including
Native Americans.”
When confirmed, Mikkanen will
be the only American Indian serving on
the federal bench, out of a total of 875
federal judgeships, and only the third
American Indian in history to secure a
federal judgeship.
The other two American Indians to
serve on the federal judiciary were Frank
Seay (now on senior status), nominated
by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, and
Billy Burrage, nominated by President
Bill Clinton in 1994.
Mikkanen, who has been an assistant
U.S. attorney for the Western District
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