Brigham Young University law professor picked for Indian post

Source: sltrib.com Posted By: SW2009 5737 days ago

President Barack Obama on Friday picked Brigham Young University law professor Larry EchoHawk to lead the Bureau of Indian Affairs, making him the first high-profile Mormon and first Utahn to join the administration's senior ranks.

EchoHawk, a member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, has lived and worked throughout the West. He made history in 1990 as the first American Indian elected to statewide office when he won Idaho's attorney general race. After a failed bid for Gem State governor, EchoHawk,....

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