| LC control no. | no2005096138 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Frank, Billy, Jr., 1931-2014 |
| Variant(s) | Frank, Billy |
| Other standard no. | Q4912568 |
| Associated country | United States Nisqually Indian Tribe |
| Birth date | 1931-03-09 |
| Death date | 2014-05-05 |
| Place of birth | Nisqually (Wash.) |
| Place of death | Nisqually (Wash.) |
| Affiliation | Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (Wash.) |
| Profession or occupation | Environmentalists |
| Found in | Great tribal leaders of modern times, c2004- : title frame (Billy Frank, Jr.) Wikipedia, September 19, 2018 (Billy Frank Jr. (March 9, 1931-May 5, 2014) was a Native American environmental leader and treaty rights; Nisqually tribal member; born Nisqually, Washington; died Nisqually, Washington; was chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, a position he held for more than 30 years; posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in November 2015) HistoryLink.org, September 19, 2018 (Frank, Billy Jr. (1931-2014); died on May 5, 2014; served as chair of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC) for most of its first 30 years; committed his life to protecting his Nisqually people's traditional way of life and to protecting the endangered salmon whose survival is the focus of tribal life; became a leader of a civil disobedience movement that insisted on the treaty rights (the right to fish in "usual and accustomed places") guaranteed to Washington tribes more than a century before; his father Willie Frank -- born Qui-Lash-Kut) <http://www.historylink.org/File/8929> |
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