Billy Frank Jr.
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 11 years ago |
| Date of birth | March 9,1931 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | Nisqually Indian Community |
| Washington | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | May 5,2014 |
| Died | Nisqually Indian Community |
| Washington | |
| United States | |
| Relatives | Angeline Frank |
| Willie Frank | |
| Books | Tell the Truth: The Collected Columns of Billy Frank Jr. |
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| ID | 761409 |
Billy Frank Jr. Life story
Billy Frank Jr. was a Native American environmental leader and treaty rights activist born in 1931 to Willie and Angeline Frank. A Nisqually tribal member, Frank is known specifically for his grassroots campaign for fishing rights on the tribe's Nisqually River, located in Washington state, in the 1960s and 1970s.