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Obama’s Asst. Secretary for Indian Affairs is a Mormon

Alex Constantine - May 21, 2009

Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs: Who is Larry EchoHawk?
May 10, 2009

eouploader.e62f50e1 ba7c 4c07 9715 47980e875f95.1.data - Obama's Asst. Secretary for Indian Affairs is a MormonLarry EchoHawk, President Obama’s choice to head the Bureau of Indian Affairs, was born August 2, 1948, in Cody, Wyoming. A member of the Pawnee Native American tribe of Oklahoma, he is a leading supporter of Native American rights, a Democrat, and a devout Mormon. ,,,

Although born in Cody, Wyoming, Larry EchoHawk grew up in Farmington, New Mexico. At the age of 14 he met Mormon missionaries by the names of Boyd Camphuysen and Lee Pearson and was baptized into the faith. EchoHawk has provided services to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in numerous ways over his lifetime. He has held the positions of stake president, bishop, high council member, and board of trustees member for LDS Family Services, a private nonprofit organization owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints that offers drug and family counseling, adoptive services, and whose main goal is counseling women to avoid abortion. ...

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