The US Senate Has Confirmed Sunshine Suzanne Sykes, Age 48, To The US District Court For The Central District Of California. Her Confirmation Would Uniquely Make Her California’s First-Ever Native American Federal Judge And The 5th Indigenous Woman In US History To Serve On The Federal Court, Which Has ~900 Authorized Federal Judgeships.
Senate Confirms First-Ever Native American Federal Judge In California | HuffPostSunshine Suzanne Sykes of the Navajo Nation is also just the fifth Indigenous woman in U.S. history to serve on a federal court.