tadd johnson: judge humetewa had a variety of support systems all through her academic career. mentors. fellow students. but most importantly, her parents. both my parents attended boarding school, bia boarding schools. my father in santa fe indian school. my mother at phoenix indian high school. and they really didn't have the opportunities that i had or that children have today. in other words, they came from traditional families, and they didn't have the ability to have a parent or an uncle say to them, you should go the next step to college. so they are my biggest supporters. interestingly enough, a number of my role models were male, and they were lawyers. and they were some of my biggest supporters and advocates. they were individuals who would ask me questions in the course of a case that they were prosecuting, or trying. and it was really their interest in my response that gave me the idea that my opinion counted for something. tadd johnson: judge humetewa was one of several speakers at the opening of the "why treaties matter" exhibit. the event is an outreach effort by