Billy Frank Jr.

Billy Frank Jr. Recognized for Defense of Indian Sovereignty

Peter d’Errico
11/19/15
Billy Frank Jr...

The Road to Visibility: Bellingham to Rename Indian Street to Billy Frank Jr. Street

Frank Hopper
8/29/15
When Billy Frank Jr. was first arrested for fishing with a gillnet on the Nisqually River in 1945, he was just a 14-year-old boy...

Feds Side With Tulalip Tribes in Quil Ceda Tax Fight

Richard Walker
8/12/15
Tulalip Tribes Chairman Mel Sheldon was waiting for Boyz II Men and Brian McKnight to take the stage at the Tulalip Amphitheater, in the midst of the Tulalip city that the state in...
Charles Chevalier 2002 Seattle-Post Intelligencer

Chevalier Remembered for His Work for the Mitchell Bay Band, and As An Expert Fisherman

Richard Walker
7/30/15
Charles Chevalier’s family had fished in the San Juan Islands forever. And he knew the impending decision in U.S. v...

New Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Formed to Give Alaska Tribes a Say

Mark Trahant
5/11/15
Alaska reminds me of Washington state. Let me qualify that. Alaska reminds me of Washington state before the mid-1970s...

A Place to Call Home; Cowlitz Tribe Signs Land Into Trust for Reservation

Richard Walker
3/12/15
Before the ink was dry on the documents placing 152 acres of Cowlitz Tribe land into trust, Cowlitz Tribe Chairman William B...

BIA Head Kevin Washburn Speaks to ICTMN About Bay Mills and the Need to Resolve Water Rights

Gale Courey Toensing
11/17/14
Interior Secretary – Indian Affairs Kevin K...

Honor the Treaties: Cherokee Freedmen Complicate Native Rights Mantra

Jenni Monet
5/13/14
It was Monday, May 5 when news began to spread that Indian country had lost one of its greatest treaty rights activists, Billy Frank Jr...

NIGA’s Stevens: Frank a Master at Building Unity and Consensus

Ernest L. Stevens, Jr.
5/9/14
In February of this year, Indian tribes in the northwest celebrated the fortieth anniversary of United States v. Washington ...

Billy Frank Jr. Has Gone Home Too Soon

Ryan Wilson
5/7/14
"God Damn Son of a Bitch!" was my favorite Billy Frank Jr. quote...

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