John Echohawk

John Echohawk

John Echohawk, Pawnee, leads the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) as its Executive Director since 1977.  John also serves on multiple influential boards, championing indigenous rights and environmental causes.

Guest Appearances
January 21, 2025

Advocating for Native American Rights, A 50+ Year Journey Still Underway with John Echohawk

John Echohawk has served as Executive Director of the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) since 1977. Under John’s inspired and continuing leadership, NARF has successfully asserted and defended the most important rights...

March 19, 2024

Are We Living Up to Our Obligations to Protect Native American Rights and Tribal Sovereignty? with John Echohawk

Since the mid to late 1980s, an increasingly conservative federal bench has made it more difficult to defend Indian rights under existing treaties and federal law. John Echohawk is an attorney and...