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Statue of Native American leader step closer to U.S. Capitol


OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on April 14 signed a measure that starts the process of honoring the late Billy Frank Jr – a Nisqually tribal citizen who championed treaty rights and protecting the environment – with a statue at the U.S. Capitol.
Inslee signed the measure at Wa He Lut Indian School in the Nisqually community north of Olympia, joined by Nisqually tribal leaders.
The measure, which was overwhelmingly approved by the Legislature with bipartisan support, starts the legal process to replace Washington’s Marcus Whitman statue in the National Statuary Hall Collection with a statue of Frank, who died in 2014 at age 83. ....

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Billy Frank Jr. in, Marcus Whitman out as part of U.S. Capitol statue swap


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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. ....

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