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Native America Calling: Native in the Spotlight with John Echohawk
Monday, October 9, 2023
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Native in the Spotlight: John Echohawk
Pawnee attorney John Echohawk is among those who initiated and nurtured the most important Indian law cases in modern history.

Name a momentous case– the Boldt fishing rights decision, the Cobell v. Salazar Indian trust fund case, Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe — and Echohawk played a major role in advocating for strong, fact-based representation, forever changing the legal landscape for Native people.

John Echohawk
John Echohawk, the executive director of the Native American Rights Fund, addresses the National Congress of American Indians 76th annual convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on October 24, 2019. Photo by Kevin Abourezk

It’s a role he continues as the executive director of the Native American Rights Fund, a group he founded.

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