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An aide to President Richard Nixon once paid Hank Adams a backhanded compliment, saying he could speak both Indian and “American”. As misguided as that praise is, it highlighted one of Adams’ gifts that helped him steer the armed standoff at Wounded Knee to a peaceful conclusion. Adams is probably best known for his dedicated fight for Native fishing rights in the Pacific Northwest that culminated in the Boldt Decision. We’ll remember the civil rights champion with some of the people who knew him best.
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Dr. Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne & Hodulgee Muscogee), president of the Morning Star Institute and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Dr. David Wilkins (Lumbee), E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professor in Leadership Studies at University of Richmond
Mark Trahant (Shoshone-Bannock), editor-at-large for ICT
Natalie Charley (Quinault and Assiniboine Sioux), Hank Adams’s niece
Break 1 Music: Sioux Honor Song (song) Red Hawk Medicine Drum (artist) New Beginnings (album)
Break 2 Music: Laugh Out Loud (song) Hataałii (artist) Singing into Darkness (album)
