Ada Deer
Native American advocate
Died when: 88 years 8 days (1056 months)Star Sign: Leo
Ada Deer (born 1935) was a member of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin and a Native American advocate, scholar and civil servant.
As an activist she opposed the federal termination of tribes from the 1950s following the bills led by Arthur Vivian Watkins, a Republican senator.
During the Clinton Administration, Deer served as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs.
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