My Old Stake President Joins the Obama Administration
Thanks to Joel for this tip. It turns out my old stake president from my Glenwood days, Larry Echohawk, just got asked to head up the bureau of indian affairs! Here’s a portion of the Salt Lake Tribune article about it:
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, a Democrat, relocated to Utah, where he started teaching courses on criminal law and federal Indian law at BYU.
“Larry EchoHawk has the right leadership abilities, legislative experience and legal expertise,” Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said, “to bring about the transformative improvements we all seek for Indian country.”
The rest of the article can be found after the jump. Continue reading
