Hank Adams, an Assiniboine-Sioux, helped resolve acrimonious confrontations between Native Americans and the federal government during the takeover of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1972 and the siege at Wounded Knee in 1973. The longtime Washingtonian, who also played a central role in the struggle for treaty fishing rights, has been called “the most important Indian.”
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