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- 1 2 3 Human Rights Hero: John Echohawk Archived 2010-04-15 at the Wayback Machine , American Bar Association (Spring 2006).
- ↑ Achieving and Preserving the Promise of America Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine , speech by Larry Echo Hawk (May 23, 1995).
- 1 2 The New Warriors: Native American Leaders Since 1900, edited by R. David Edmunds, University of Nebraska Press, 2004, pp. 299-322.
- ↑ Echohawk, John E. (Winter 2013). "Understanding Tribal Sovereignty: The Native American Rights Fund". Expedition. 55: 18–23 – via EBSCOhost.
- ↑ Hesse, Tom. "Interview: John Echohawk, a Boulder-based attorney, will receive Thurgood Marshall Award for his contributions to Native American rights". Colorado Public Radio. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- ↑ "John E. Echohawk to receive ABA Thurgood Marshall Award". www.americanbar.org. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
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