Margo Hill-Ferguson, JD, MURP, is a Spokane Tribal member and grew up on the Spokane Indian reservation. Dr. Hill served as the Spokane Tribal Attorney for over a decade and as a Coeur d’Alene Tribal Court Judge. Ms. Hill earned her Juris Doctorate from Gonzaga School of Law and her Master of Urban and Regional Planning from Eastern Washington University. Her bachelor’s degree is in Political Science from University of Washington. Margo Hill is professor of Urban Planning at Eastern Washington University where she teaches Urban Planning classes and American Indian Law. Hill is Director of American Indian Studies. Margo Hill was awarded the Trustees’ Medal which is the university’s highest form of recognition for faculty achievement. This year She was selected as a Spokesman Review “Woman of the Year.”

Hill is known for her Community Engagement, Environmental, and Murdered, Missing Indigenous Women Advocacy, and educating the community on tribal history, Federal Indian Law and Tribal Sovereignty.