Here: DOI Letter re Kennecott Mine
Larry Echohawk
2010 Bellwood Lecture @ Idaho Law
Here is the webcast of Idaho’s Bellwood Lecture featuring Larry Echohawk, Lawrence Baca, and Rebecca Tsosie.
Vodpod videos no longer available.
NYTs on New BIA Head
From the NYTs:
A member of the Pawnee tribe who was Idaho’s attorney general is the new head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. By a voice vote late Tuesday, the Senate confirmed Larry EchoHawk, 60, a law professor at Brigham Young University, as assistant interior secretary for Indian affairs. When Mr. EchoHawk was elected attorney general in 1990, he became the first American Indian ever elected to that post in any state. The problem-plagued Indian affairs agency, which manages 66 million acres of land and oversees Indian schools and other programs, has been without a leader since early in 2008.
Larry Echohawk Confirmed as Assistant Secretary
Thanks to Patrick — here is the link.
NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED (CIVILIAN)
The following civilian Executive Nominations were confirmed by the
Senate during the current congress. Nominations flagged with an asterisk
were approved subject to the nominee’s commitment to respond to requests
to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the
Senate. The nominations are listed to reverse chronological order based
on the date of confirmation.
May 19, 2009
PN325 * DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Larry J. Echo Hawk, of Utah, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
NYTs on Larry Echohawk Nomination
From the NYTs:
President Obama nominated an American Indian who had been the attorney general of Idaho to lead the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The nominee, Larry EchoHawk, is a law professor at Brigham Young University and a member of the Pawnee tribe. The agency manages 66 million acres of land and oversees Indian schools and other programs. Mr. Obama last month nominated Yvette Roubideaux as director of the Indian Health Service, a part of the Health and Human Services Department.
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