Lael Echo-Hawk, is the principal of MThirtySix Inc. a tribal advocacy group. She
represents tribes and tribal organizations across the United States. After serving as
in-house counsel for a Washington State tribe and its economic enterprises, Lael
moved to Washington, D.C. to take a position as Legislative Director for the
Native American Contractors Association and then as Counselor to the
Chairwoman of the National Indian Gaming Commission. Now in private practice,
Lael draws on her years of legal and advocacy experience representing tribes and
tribal organizations to provide her clients the expert advice and input necessary to
guide their decision making.
Lael is an enrolled member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and descendant of
the Upper Ahtna Athabascan people of Alaska. She is a Past-President of both the
National Native American Bar Association and the Northwest Indian Bar
Association and admitted to practice in Washington and Washington, D.C. Lael is
2013 recipient of National Center for American Indian Economic Development
“40 Under 40” and currently based in Washington, D.C.
