SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (AP) - A former ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council will speak at Lake Superior State University’s commencement ceremony.
Keith Harper, who served as President Barack Obama’s ambassador to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, speaks Saturday at the Sault Ste. Marie school in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
University officials say he was the first Native American appointed to such a post.
The attorney is known for his work on a class-action lawsuit against the United States that alleged mismanagement of billions of dollars of income and assets held in trust that belonged to American Indians. The case was settled in 2009 for $3.4 billion.
The school also is awarding an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters to James W.T. Moody. The history professor emeritus died in December.
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