Influential Native American thinker and strategist, Hank Adams, dies at age 77
KNBN NewsCenter1 December 24, 2020 OLYMPIA, WASH. — Hank Adams, an Assiniboine-Sioux from Montana who was often referred to as the “Most Important Indian,” has died at age 77. Native American rights advocate and author Vine Deloria Jr. gave Adams that nickname because he was involved with nearly every major event in Native American history starting in the 1960s. Adams was well-known for his work securing treaty rights, especially during the northwestern “Fish Wars” of the 60s and 70s. “That turned into a civil rights agenda,” Adams said in an interview. “It had been brutal fro...
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