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Hank Adams, Called The 'Most Important Indian' For Work On Northwest Treaty Rights, Dies At 77

BY JACLYN DIAZ
Native American civil rights advocate Hank Adams died at the age of 77 this week.
Once referred to as the “most important Indian” by Native American rights advocate and author Vine Deloria Jr., Adams was central to the fight to uphold tribal treaty rights during the 1960s and 1970s.
“An indispensable leader, and essential follower and a brilliant strategist, he shaped more Native American civil, human and treaty rights policies than most people even know are important or why,” the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission said in its announcement of Adams’ death.
Adams was a Assiniboine-Sioux and a member of the Franks Landing Indian Community. He died at St. Peter’s hospital in Olympia, Wash. on Dec. 21. ....

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Hank Adams, right, died Dec. 21 at the age of 77. Adams fought for Native American treaty rights throughout his life.
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Native American civil rights advocate Hank Adams died at the age of 77 this week.
Once referred to as the most important Indian by Native American rights advocate and author Vine Deloria Jr., Adams was central to the fight to uphold tribal treaty rights during the 1960s and 1970s.
An indispensable leader, and essential follower and a brilliant strategist, he shaped more Native American civil, human and treaty rights policies than most people even know are important or why, the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission said in its announcement of Adams death. ....

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