Larry Echo Hawk
Attorney and legal scholar
Larry J. Echo Hawk (born August 2, 1948) is an Pawnee attorney, legal scholar, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Echo Hawk served under U.S. President Barack Obama as the United States assistant secretary of the interior for Indian affairs from 2009 to 2012. He previously served as the attorney general of Idaho from 1991 to 1995, the first Native American elected to the position, and spent two terms in the Idaho House of Representatives. In 2012, he was called as a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). As of 2026, Echo Hawk is the last Democrat to have served as attorney general of Idaho.
Early life 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 is enrolled as a member of the tribe, whose reservation is in Oklahoma. Before Echo Hawk started first grade, his family moved to Farmington, New Mexico. His family joined the LDS Church when he was 14.
Echo Hawk attended Brigham Young University on a football scholarship.
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