Christine J. Williams v. Poarch Band of Creek Indians

SMITH, District Judge:

Christine J. Williams, the plaintiff below and appellant here, was employed for more than twenty-one years as the laboratory manager and chief medical technologist in the Health Department operated by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians (“the Poarch Band”), a federally-recognized tribe of Native Americans. 1 The Department is located on reservation lands, and positions within it are considered to be jobs of Tribal government. 2 Plaintiff asserts that her employment was terminated because of her age (which she described as “over 55”), and that she was replaced by a…