Billy Frank Jr. would be the seventh Native American to be featured in Statuary Hall. By
Alexandra Kelley | April 16, 2021 Peggen Frank, receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom on behalf of her father-in-law, Native American environmental leader and treaty rights activist Billy Frank, Jr., from U.S. President Barack Obama (R) during an East Room ceremony November 24, 2015 at the White House in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill to replace a state statue with one of Billy Frank Jr.
Frank Jr. was an environmental and tribal rights activist.
In 2015, former President Obama awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in a posthumous nomination.
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In a time of reckoning about historical monuments, Washington state lawmakers found a bipartisan path to change out a prominent statue. A bill signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday begins the process of putting a statue of the late tribal treaty rights activist Billy Frank Jr. in the U.S. Capitol.
The Frank statue would replace one of Oregon Trail pioneer Marcus Whitman. The larger-than-life bronze of Whitman has stood in the U.S. Capitol s Statuary Hall for nearly 70 years.
Each state is allowed to represent itself on Capitol Hill by contributing two bronze or marble historical figures to the national statuary collection.
Environmental leader and treaty rights activist, Billy Frank Jr. s statue heads to the US Capitol
Environmental leader and treaty rights activist, Billy Frank Jr.’s statue heads to the US Capitol
Frank was a member of the Nisqually tribe and was a tireless advocate for tribal fishing rights and salmon recovery.
SEATTLE - The statue of late tribal leader Billy Frank Jr. will stand among the country s best in Washington DC. Today we are sending the best of the state of Washington to the United State s Capitol, said Governor Jay Inslee, as he signed a measure to replace Marcus Whitman s statue with Frank s at the National Statuary Hall Collection.
By Kathi O Shea April 15, 2021 7:32 am
Associated PressFILE - In this Jan. 13, 2014, file photo, Billy Frank Jr. poses for a photo near Frank s Landing on the Nisqually River in Nisqually, Wash. Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, signed a measure that starts the process of honoring the late Frank, a Nisqually tribal member who championed treaty rights and.
OLYMPIA, Wash. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a measure that starts the process of honoring the late Billy Frank Jr. with a statue at the U.S. Capitol.
Frank, a Nisqually tribal member who championed treaty rights and protecting the environment, died in 2014 at age 83.
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