Early Career
Adams whole life has been spent trying to better the lives of Native Americans. While he was in college he spent much of his time on the Quinault Reservation helping to fix a suicide problem they had there. After dropping out of college to be more involved in bettering Indian affairs, he became Special Projects Director of the National Indian Youth Council, a student organization that was one of the most radical Native American institutions of the time.
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