Claudette White

Claudette Christine White (July 19, 1971 – February 6, 2021) was an American Chief Judge for the Quechan Tribal Indian Court from 2006 to 2020 and for the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians from 2018 to 2020.

She was also appointed to the California Tribal Court/State Court Forum and was an appointed member of the California Child Welfare council before her death in February 2021. White was an active member of the Quechan Indian Tribe.

White died on February 6, 2021, at the age of 49, from complications of COVID-19. White was raised by her mother, a home health aide. When she was 24, White's father, a Vietnam veteran and paramedic, died of a heroin overdose.

Education In 1989, White graduated from San Pasqual High School in Arizona and became the first in her family to attend college.

White was a board member of the National American Indian Court Judges Association, a member of California's Tribal Court-State Forum, and was elected to the California Child Welfare Council.

White participated in President Joe Biden's virtual inauguration by leading a group of Quechan performers in a traditional song of creation.