In August, Prof. Vanessa Racehorse will join the Colorado Law Faculty as an Associate Professor of Law and a core faculty member of the American Indian Law Program. Her teaching and scholarship focus on American Indian & Indigenous Peoples law, human rights, international law, and environmental justice. Racehorse is a member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and a descendant of the Cherokee Nation and Shoshone-Paiute Tribes.