Lisa Yellow Eagle

Attorney, Legal Department, Southern Ute Indian Tribe
Representing: Tribes: Southern Ute Tribe
Board Term: 2023-2026

​Lisa Yellow Eagle is Diné and Sicangu Lakota (enrolled with the Navajo Nation).  Lisa is the Tribal Water Attorney for the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, where she represents the Tribe on water issues, including representing the Tribe’s interests with the Animas-La Plata Project, the San Juan River Recovery Implementation Program, the Ten Tribes Partnership, and all Colorado River Basin discussions.     

Prior to joining Southern Ute’s Legal Department as its tribal water attorney, Lisa worked for the Navajo Nation Department of Justice’s Water Rights Unit, where she was assigned to two water settlement negotiation teams and the implementation team for the Navajo Nation’s San Juan River Basin in New Mexico Water Rights Settlement Agreement.

Lisa serves as a Board member for the Colorado Water Congress.  She also serves as a Commissioner for the Navajo Nation Bar Association Board of Bar Commissioners.  Lisa has also been appointed to the CRWUA Resolutions Committee and the Board of Trustees as the Ten Tribes Partnership representative.