Larry EchoHawk sworn in as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs

[bigtree]

June 1, 2009

EchoHawk is a 60-year-old law professor at Brigham Young University and member of the Pawnee tribe. He was sworn in Friday as assistant interior secretary for Indian affairs.

EchoHawk pledged to work with President Barack Obama and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to bring positive change to Indian country.

He told BIA employees he appreciates their dedication to serving the American Indian and Alaska Native people, and he went on to say, “We will continue to honor the federal trust responsibility, to support tribal self-determination and to make a positive difference in the tribal communities we serve.”

EchoHawk was Idaho attorney general in 1991-95 and was the Democratic nominee for governor there in 1994.

http://nativetimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1797&Itemid=55

[grantcart]

1. Member of the Pawnee Tribe and a professor at BYU

This man has suffered enough, glad he can get a job he will enjoy.

[Cha]

5. Rec'd~ Prof Echohawk has

paid his dues.. Yeah!

Get some good news on the Greatest.

[JimWis]

2. Sounds like he is a great choice for the job. Thanks for the info.

[KittyWampus]

3. He'll have a tough row to hoe.

[slampoet]

4. Larry EchoHawk is a cool name! He gets name of the day.

When i used to work at a call center my co-workers and i would play the "Name Of The Day".

We would collect unusual of just fun names of the customers that called in and compare them at the end of the day.

Winners would be people with names like Moses Thrasher, Queen Davis, or Orville Theatre.

[Number23]

6. I have true love for the tribal/indigenous peoples of the world. Congrats to Mr. Echohawk