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Billy Frank Jr., the Glossary

Billy Frank Jr. (March 9, 1931 – May 5, 2014) was a Native American environmental leader and advocate of treaty rights.^[1]

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20th-century Native American leaders
Nisqually people

Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism

The Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism is a prize given to people who made exemplary contributions to humanity and the environment.

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.

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Bellingham, Washington

Bellingham is the county seat of Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge

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Board of directors

A board of directors is an executive committee that supervises the activities of a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government agency.

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Bronze sculpture

Bronze is the most popular metal for cast metal sculptures; a cast bronze sculpture is often called simply "a bronze".

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Chair (officer)

The chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly.

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Chinese Americans

Chinese Americans are Americans of Chinese ancestry.

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Civil disobedience

Civil disobedience is the active, and professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders or commands of a government (or any other authority).

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Civil rights movement

The civil rights movement was a social movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country.

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Commissioner

A commissioner (commonly abbreviated as Comm'r) is, in principle, a member of a commission or an individual who has been given a commission (official charge or authority to do something).

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Conservation officer

A conservation officer is a law enforcement officer who protects wildlife and the environment.

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Cultural assimilation of Native Americans

A series of efforts were made by the United States to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream European–American culture between the years of 1790 and 1920.

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Ecotrust

Ecotrust is a nonprofit organization based in Portland, Oregon, working to create social, economic, and environmental benefit.

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Environmental protection

Environmental protection is the practice of protecting the natural environment by individuals, groups and governments.

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Evergreen State College

The Evergreen State College is a public liberal arts college in Olympia, Washington.

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Fish Wars

The Fish Wars were a series of civil disobedience protests by Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Fisheries management

The goal of fisheries management is to produce sustainable biological, environmental and socioeconomic benefits from renewable aquatic resources.

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Forced displacement

Forced displacement (also forced migration or forced relocation) is an involuntary or coerced movement of a person or people away from their home or home region.

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Forks, Washington

Forks, also previously known as the unincorporated town of Quillayute, is a city in southwest Clallam County, Washington, United States.

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George Hugo Boldt

George Hugo Boldt (December 28, 1903 – March 18, 1984) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.

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Grassroots

A grassroots movement is one that uses the people in a given district, region or community as the basis for a political or economic movement.

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Habitat conservation

Habitat conservation is a management practice that seeks to conserve, protect and restore habitats and prevent species extinction, fragmentation or reduction in range.

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Henry Lyle Adams (May 16, 1943 – December 21, 2020) was an American Native rights activist known as a successful strategist, tactician, and negotiator. Billy Frank Jr. and Hank Adams are native American activists.

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Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power).

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Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) is an issue around the world.

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Indian Country Today

ICT (formerly known as Indian Country Today) is a daily digital news platform that covers the Indigenous world, including American Indians, Alaska Natives and First Nations.

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Intergovernmentalism

In international relations, intergovernmentalism treats states (and national governments in particular) as the primary actors in the integration process.

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Jay Inslee

Jay Robert Inslee (born February 9, 1951) is an American politician, lawyer, and economist who has served as the 23rd governor of Washington since 2013.

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Marcus Whitman

Marcus Whitman (September 4, 1802 – November 29, 1847) was an American physician and missionary.

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Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor and activist.

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. Billy Frank Jr. and Martin Luther King Jr. are Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients.

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Mount Vernon, New York

Mount Vernon is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States.

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National Archives and Records Administration

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government within the executive branch, charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records.

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National Congress of American Indians

The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) is an American Indian and Alaska Native rights organization. It was founded in 1944 to represent the tribes and resist U.S. federal government pressure for termination of tribal rights and assimilation of their people. These were in contradiction of their treaty rights and status as sovereign entities.

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National Statuary Hall Collection

The National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol is composed of statues donated by individual states to honor persons notable in their history.

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Native American civil rights

Native American civil rights are the civil rights of Native Americans in the United States.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.

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Natural resource management

Natural resource management (NRM) is the management of natural resources such as land, water, soil, plants and animals, with a particular focus on how management affects the quality of life for both present and future generations (stewardship).

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Navajo-class rescue and salvage ship

The Navajo class is a class of Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ships for the Military Sealift Command of the United States Navy.

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Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually Reservation

The Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually Reservation is a federally recognized tribe of Nisqually people.

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Nisqually people

The Nisqually are a Lushootseed-speaking Native American tribe in western Washington state in the United States.

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Nisqually Reservation

The Nisqually Reservation, also known as Nisqually Indian Reservation is a federally recognized Indian reservation in Thurston County, Washington, United States.

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Nisqually River

The Nisqually River is a river in west central Washington in the United States, approximately long.

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Olympia, Washington

Olympia is the capital city of the U.S. state of Washington and the county seat of Thurston County.

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Portland, Oregon

Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region.

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Posthumous award

A posthumous award is granted after the recipient has died.

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President of the United States

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Presidential Medal of Freedom

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award of the United States, alongside the Congressional Gold Medal. Billy Frank Jr. and Presidential Medal of Freedom are Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients.

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Robert Satiacum

Robert "Bob" Satiacum (1929–March 25, 1991) was a Puyallup tribal leader and an advocate of native treaty fishing rights in the United States.

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Seattle Aquarium

The Seattle Aquarium is a public aquarium in Seattle, Washington, United States, located on Pier 59 on the Elliott Bay waterfront.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (popularly known as the Seattle P-I, the Post-Intelligencer, or simply the P-I) is an online newspaper and former print newspaper based in Seattle, Washington, United States.

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Southern United States

The Southern United States, sometimes Dixie, also referred to as the Southern States, the American South, the Southland, Dixieland, or simply the South, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States.

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Sustainability

Sustainability is a social goal for people to co-exist on Earth over a long time.

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The Seattle Times

The Seattle Times is an American daily newspaper based in Seattle, Washington.

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Treaty of Medicine Creek

The Treaty of Medicine Creek was an 1854 treaty between the United States, and nine tribes and bands of Indians, occupying the lands lying around the head of Puget Sound, Washington, and the adjacent inlets.

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Tribe (Native American)

In the United States, an American Indian tribe, Native American tribe, Alaska Native village, Indigenous tribe or Tribal nation may be any current or historical tribe, band, or nation of Native Americans in the United States.

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United States Capitol

The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Frank_Jr.

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See also

20th-century Native American leaders

Nisqually people

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