
By Chase Scheinbaum
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - On the wall in Superior Court Judge Amy M. Pellman's courtroom are about a dozen American Indian translations of the word welcome. The Chumash "Haku" appears beside the Navajo "YA'AT'TEY" and others.
The translations are meant to extend a warm greeting to all and to acknowledge the 400 American Indian children currently on her docket as the sole judge in the coun... (continued)