Tribal Sovereignty and Indian Country in 2006
Today, two of the leading voices in Indian Law were invited to discuss tribal sovereignty and the state of Indian Country in 2006: John Echohawk and Billy Frank, Jr.
John Echohawk a Pawnee, is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Native American Rights Fund. Native American Rights Fund is recognized as being one of the foremost advocates in the areas of tribal sovereignty and the safeguarding of natural resources and ancestral burial grounds. John Echohawk has been recognized as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America by the National Law Journal since 1988 and has received numerous service awards and other recognition for his work for justices for Indian tribes for over 30 years.
Billy Frank, Jr. of the Nisqually Indian Tribe, is the Chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission for 22 years. The Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission was formed in 1975, to support tribal fisheries management activities and to enable the tribes to speak with a united voice and help coordinate such programs as enhancement and habitual management. Billy Frank has been the recipient of numerous recognition awards, including the 1991 Albert Schweltzer Prize for Humanitarianism and 2004 Indian Country Today Inaugural American Visionary Award.
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| John Echohawk discussing tribal sovereignty at the University of Colorado Law School |
