BYU Law Professor, Larry Echohawk is said to be in line for an appointment in the Obama Administration:

President Barack Obama is likely to tap Utahn Larry Echohawk as the head of the Interior Department’s Bureau of Indian Affairs, The Salt Lake Tribune has learned.

Echohawk, a Democrat who teaches at Brigham Young University’s law school, would be the first high-ranking Mormon nominated to Obama’s administration, and the only Utahn so far in a senior role.

Professor Echohawk gave a BYU devotional recounting his very interesting life story in “An Unexpected Gift.”