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Walter Echo-Hawk (Pawnee) is a Native American attorney, tribal judge, author, activist, and law professor. He represents Indian tribes on important legal issues, such as treaty rights, water rights, religious freedom, prisoner rights, and
repatriation rights. His career spans the pivotal years when Indian tribes reclaimed their land, sovereignty, and pride in a stride toward freedom. As a Native American rights attorney since 1973, Echo-Hawk worked at the epicentre of a great social movement alongside visionary tribal leaders, visited tribes in indigenous habitats throughout North America, and was instrumental in the passage of landmark laws—such as the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (1990) and the American Indian Religious Freedom Act Amendments (1994). He litigated in many of the epic struggles and has written extensively about the rise of modern Indian nations.
Date: Wednesday, March 18th, 2020
Time: 1pm - 2.30pm
Location: PE261
Sponsored by University of
Lethbridge Students’ Union
& Dept. of Indigenous Studies
Contact:
Paul McKenzie Jones | paul.mckenziejones@uleth.ca | (403) 329-2312
