Larry Echo Hawk
| Larry Echo Hawk | |
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| 10th Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs | |
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In office May 22, 2009 – April 27, 2012 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Carl Artman |
| Succeeded by | Del Laverdure (Acting) |
| 30th Attorney General of Idaho | |
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In office January 7, 1991 – January 2, 1995 |
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| Governor | Cecil Andrus |
| Preceded by | Jim Jones |
| Succeeded by | Al Lance |
| Personal details | |
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August 2, 1948 Cody, Wyoming, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Terry Echo Hawk |
| Children | Six |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University (B.S.) University of Utah (J.D.) Stanford University (M.B.A.) |
| Religion | Mormonism |
| Larry J. Echo Hawk | |
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| First Quorum of the Seventy | |
| March 31, 2012 | |
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. He previously served as the elected Attorney General of Idaho from 1991 to 1995, being the first Native American elected to that position. He also served two terms in the State House of Idaho.
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.
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.
Echo Hawk attended Brigham Young University (BYU) on a football scholarship (playing as a safety). After earning a degree in physical education and zoology from BYU, Echo Hawk served for two years in the United States Marine Corps.
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