Henry Lyle Adams (May 16, 1943 – December 21, 2020) was an American Native rights activist known as a successful strategist, tactician, and negotiator.
Nov 17, 2022 · Throughout his life, Adams worked to advance the rights of Indigenous peoples and to educate Indigenous youth to know and advocate for their ...
Hank Adams: “An Uncommon Life”. Hank Adams, an Assiniboine-Sioux, helped resolve acrimonious confrontations between Native Americans and the federal government ...
Dec 25, 2020 · 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 ...
A behind-the-scenes strategist for treaty fishing rights, Adams used media and celebrity to sway public opinion. In 1971, vigilantes on the Puyallup River shot ...
Dec 23, 2020 · Born on the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana and raised in Taholah, on the Quinault Reservation in Washington State, Adams is best known for his ...
May 16, 2024 · Adams was a nationally celebrated historian and strategist who fought for the rights of Native Americans in the Northwest and beyond.
From his treaty rights work to his mediation of disputes between AIM and the US government in the 1970s, Adams shaped modern Native activism. For the first time ...
May 16, 2024 · This Doodle celebrates Hank Adams, an Assiniboine-Sioux activist and strategist who played an important role in the Native American Movement.