Carol Jean Vigil, first Indian judge,dies at 61

Carol Jean Vigil, first Indian judge,dies at 61.


Carol Jean Vigil, first Indian judge,dies at 61

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Carol Jean Vigil, first Indian judge, dies at 61

Monday, March 30, 2009



Carol Jean Vigil, a Tesuque Pueblo woman who broke race and gender barriers,

died last Friday. She was 61.

Vigil was the first Indian be elected as a state judge in New Mexico and the

first Indian in the U.S. to be elected as a judge of a general jurisdiction

court. She was the first Pueblo woman to pass the New Mexico bar exam.

"She was very serious about her work, really concerned about getting it

right," attorney C. Bryant Rogers told The Santa Fe New Mexican.

Vigil was elected to her state court position in 1998. She retired in 2005.

Get the Story:

_Dedicated Native American judge broke race barrier _

(http://www.indianz.com/my...asp?url=http://www...santafenewmexican.com/Local%..20News/Carol-Jean-Vigil--19

46-2009-Dedicated-Native-
..American-judge-bro) (The Santa Fe New Mexican 3/29)