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Billy Frank Jr.
Acting
09 Mar 1931
† 05 May 2014
Nisqually Reservation, Washington, USA
Biography
Billy Frank Jr. was a Native American environmental leader and advocate of treaty rights. As a member of the Nisqually tribe, Frank led a grassroots campaign in the 1960s and 1970s to secure fishing rights on the Nisqually River, located in Washington state.
