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Larry Echohawk press releases, 2009-2012

 Series — Box: 3, Folder: 2-5
Identifier: MSS 8050 Series 5

Scope and Contents

Contains all the press releases from the Bureau of Indian Affairs during the tenure of Larry Echohawk as Assistant Secretary of the Interior on Indian Affairs. Includes documents related to land and water negotiations, gambling negotiations, and general welfare of certain Indian tribes. Dated 2009-2012.

Dates

  • 2009-2012

Creator

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It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Larry Echohawk papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical / Historical

From the Collection:

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.

Extent

4 folders

Language of Materials

English