Hank Adams, one of Indian Country's most prolific thinkers and strategists, has died at age 77.
Adams was called the "most important Indian" by influential Native American rights advocate and author Vine Deloria Jr., because he was involved with nearly every major event in American Indian history from the 1960s forward.
He was perhaps best known for his work to secure treaty rights, particularly during the Northwest "fish wars" of the 1960s and '70s.
Henry "Hank" Adams, Assiniboine-Sioux, died December 21 at St.
Hank Adams, one of Indian Countryâs most prolific thinkers and strategists, has died at age 77.
Adams was called the “most important Indianâ by influential Native American rights advocate and author Vine Deloria Jr., because he was involved with nearly every major event in American Indian history from the 1960s forward.
He was perhaps best known for his work to secure treaty rights, particularly during the Northwest âfish warsâ of the 1960s and â70s.
Henry âHankâ Adams, Assiniboine-Sioux, died Dec. 21 at St. Peterâs Hospital in Olympia, Washington, according to the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission.
âHankâs a genius. He knows things we donât know. He sees things we donât see,â attorney Susan Hvalsoe Komori said when Adams was awarded the 2006 American Indian Visionary Award by Indian Country Today.
Hank Adams, one of Indian Country’s most prolific thinkers and strategists, has died at age 77. Adams was called the “most important Indian” by influential Native American rights advocate and author Vine Deloria Jr., because he was involved with nearly every major event in American Indian history from the 1960s forward. He was perhaps best […]