Early Life
Hank Adams was born in the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana on May 16, 1943. The specific place he was born was called Wolf Point, but had the nickname of Poverty Flats. While growing up, Adams worked as fruit in vegetable picker to help support himself. While he was attending Moclips High School, from which he graduated in 1961, he worked in a sawmill on the reservation. This installed a good work ethic in Adams he would come to use throughout the rest of his life. After he graduated from high school, Adams became interested in politics. In 1964, Adams helped organize the march on Olympia in Washington State which had the purpose of protesting the state attack on Indian treaty fishing rights.
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