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ensure a smooth transition within the BIA. It was not clear who would be appointed to oversee the BIA after Echo Hawk's departure.
• Echo Hawk, a member of the Pawnee Nation, was elected Idaho attorney general in 1990, the first Native American to be elected to the position in any state. He ran unsuccessfully in 1994 for Idaho governor as a Democrat.
• He was a Brigham Young University law professor for 14 years before leading the BIA.
• After his appointment, Echo Hawk said in a speech in Salt Lake City in 2009 that he wrestled with the decision to accept a position that would make him a "face" for a federal government that has had a sordid history of mistreating Indians. He finally reconciled his hesitation by vowing to be an "agent for change" instead of a mere caretaker.

• "How do you reverse 200 years of struggles?" he said then. "It's not going to be easy."
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• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- A fund that will support outdoors education projects has been set up to honor the late outdoor broadcaster Tony Dean and his wife.

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