Frank, Billy, Jr., 1931-2014

found: Great tribal leaders of modern times, c2004- :title frame (Billy Frank, Jr.)

found: 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)

found: 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