Larry Echo Hawk

Larry Echo Hawk
10th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs
In office May 22, 2009 – April 27, 2012
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Carl Artman
Succeeded by	Del Laverdure (Acting)
30th Attorney General of Idaho
In office January 7, 1991 – January 2, 1995
Governor	Cecil Andrus
Preceded by	Jim Jones
Succeeded by	Al Lance
Personal details
Born	(1948-08-02) August 2, 1948 Cody, Wyoming, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Terry Echo Hawk
Children	6
Alma mater	Brigham Young University, Utah University of Utah Stanford University
Religion	Mormonism

Larry J. Echo Hawk (born August 2, 1948) is an attorney, legal scholar and politician. In 2012 he was named as a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). On May 20, 2009, Echo Hawk joined the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama as the United States Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs.^[1] He previously served as the elected Attorney General of Idaho from 1991 to 1995, being the first Native American elected to that position.^[2] He also served two terms in the State House of Idaho.

Early life, marriage and education

Echo Hawk was born into the federally recognized Pawnee Nation in Cody, Wyoming, in 1948 to Ernest and Emma Jane Echo Hawk, where his father worked with the oil and gas industry. He was enrolled as a member of the tribe, whose reservation is in Oklahoma. Shortly before Larry was to start first grade, the family moved to Farmington, New Mexico. Larry and his family joined the LDS Church when he was 14.^[3]

He later baptized Teresa "Terry" Pries, whom he had been dating for several years. In 1967 their marriage in the Salt Lake Temple was performed by Spencer W. Kimball, then a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. The couple have had six children together.^[3]

Echo Hawk attended Brigham Young University (BYU) on a football scholarship (playing as a safety).^[4] After earning a degree in physical education and zoology from BYU, Echo Hawk served for two years in the United States Marine Corps.

He earned a Juris Doctor degree in 1973 from the University of Utah. He continued with professional studies and from 1974 to 1975 was enrolled in Stanford University's MBA program.^[5]

Career

Echo Hawk began his legal career working with California Indian Legal Services. In 1975, he started his own law practice in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1975.^[3] In 1977, he became general legal counsel for the Fort Hall, Idaho-based Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. He also served as a special prosecutor for the Navajo Nation in 1985.

He later settled in Idaho, becoming active in the Democratic Party. In 1982 Echo Hawk was elected to a seat in the Idaho State House of Representatives from Bannock County, where he served two terms. He was later elected Bannock County prosecuting attorney. Echo Hawk was elected Attorney General of Idaho in 1990, the first Native American elected to this position in Idaho.^[2]

Echo Hawk served as national co-chair for Native Americans for the 1992 Clinton-Gore campaign. He was a principal speaker at that year's Democratic National Convention and led the Idaho delegation as chair at the convention.

In 1994 Echo Hawk announced his candidacy to succeed fellow Democrat Cecil D. Andrus, who was retiring as Governor of Idaho. Echo Hawk decisively defeated former state senator Ron Beitelspacher and an unknown candidate in the Democratic primary, fueling speculation that he could be the nation's first Native American governor. But, he was defeated in the general election by the Republican candidate, former Lieutenant Governor Phil Batt. Echo Hawk has not been a candidate for public office since.

Shortly after the 1994 election defeat, Echo Hawk accepted a faculty position at BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School and returned to Utah. In that capacity he taught courses in criminal law, criminal procedure and federal Indian law. He has also published several scholarly papers.

Echo Hawk is admitted to the bar in Idaho, Utah and California.

Native American issues

Echo Hawk has served on the American Indian Services National Advisory Board and Board of Trustees. He was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice, a leading group on justice policy development.^[6] He has also served on the board of the American Indian Community Resource Center.^[7] John Echo Hawk, director of the Native American Rights Fund, is his brother.

Echo Hawk was appointed by President Obama as the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs in 2009. During his tenure, the government increased the amount of land held in trust for federally recognized Native American tribes by 158,000 acres, supporting their efforts to be self-supportive and to reconnect fragmented reservations. He also oversaw several water agreements made with Native American tribes. He directed implementation of the Tribal Law and Order Act.^[5] While leading Indian Affairs, he oversaw the formation of the Tribal Leadership Conference, which provides for an annual meeting between leaders or other representatives of the 566 federally recognized tribes, the U.S. President and all members of the Cabinet.^[8] He resigned his position at Interior on April 27, 2012.^[9]

LDS Church service

In the LDS Church, Echo Hawk has served as president of a student stake on the BYU campus, a bishop, and high councilor.

At the time he was elected State Attorney General in Idaho, he was serving as a member of the board of trustees of LDS Social Services.^[10] He was accepted by church membership as a general authority and member of the First Quorum of the Seventy on March 31, 2012. On August 1, 2013, Echo Hawk began serving as second counselor in the presidency of the church's Philippines Area.^[11]

See also

• Barack Obama Supreme Court candidates

References

External links

• "Elder Larry Echo Hawk", Liahona, May 2012
• "General Authorities: Elder Larry J. Echo Hawk", lds.org
• "Profile: Larry Echo Hawk", Department of the Interior Profile
• Echo Hawk Law Offices
• Larry Jack Echo Hawk Papers, MSS 8050 at L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University

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