Biographical History

Larry Echohawk (born 1948) is a former Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs in the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Larry Echohawk was born on August 2, 1948 in Cody, Wyoming to Ernest and Emma Jane Echo Hawk. He is a member of the Pawnee tribe. He grew up in Farmington, New Mexico. He was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when he was fourteen years old. He married Teresa Pries in 1967 and they had six children. He went to Brigham Young University (BYU) and earned degrees in physical education and zoology before serving two years in the Marines. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Utah and got an MBA at Stanford University in 1975. He then started a law firm defending Indian tribes in court. He was elected Attorney General of Idaho in 1990. After that, he taught at BYU for a few years. Echohawk served on the American Indian Services National Advisory Board and Board of Trustees and was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice. He has also served on the board of the American Indian Community Resource Center. He was made the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs in 2009. He resigned from that position in April 2012. He was appointed a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy in that same month. He currently lives in Virginia.

Citation:

"Larry Echo Hawk." Wikipedia. May 24, 2012. (Larry Jack Echo Hawk was born on August 2, 1948 in Cody, Wyoming to Ernest and Emma Jane Echo Hawk; member of Pawnee tribe; grew up in Farmington, New Mexico; baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when he was 14; married Teresa Pries in 1967 and they had six children; went to BYU and earned degrees in physical education and zoology before serving two years in the Marines; received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Utah and got an MBA at Stanford University in 1975; started a law firm defending Indian tribes in court; elected Attorney General of Idaho in 1990; taught at BYU for a few years; served on the American Indian Services National Advisory Board and Board of Trustees and was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice; served on the board of the American Indian Community Resource Center; made the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs in 2009; resigned from that position in April 2012; appointed a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy in that same month; lives in Virginia.)

Ling, Katherine. "Senate confirms 3 nominees for DOE, 1 for Interior," New York Times, May 20, 2009. (appointed as Assistant Secretary to the Interior on Indian Affairs in 2009.)

"Biographical Statement of Larry Echo Hawk, Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior." http://appropriations.house.gov/UploadedFiles/02.28.12_Budget_Hearing_-_Interior_-_Larry_EchoHawk_-_Biography.pdf (member of Pawnee tribe, elected to Asst. Secretary in 2009; law professor at BYU; began a law firm defending Indian tribes in court; Attorney General of Idaho in 1990; served on the American Indian Services National Advisory Board and Board of Trustees and was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice; served on the board of the American Indian Community Resource Center; born in Cody, Wyoming; moved to Farmington; went to BYU; Stanford; University of Utah; has six children.)

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