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Washington state is sending a statue of an Indigenous activist it arrested more than 50 times to the Halls of Congress. The statue of Billy Frank Jr. will be the first contemporary depiction of an Indigenous person in National Statuary Hall, since Oklahoma put a statue of movie star Will Rogers there in 1939.
Frank is wearing jeans, a button-down shirt and a bolo tie. His hair is in a ponytail and he’s got a big smile on his face.
You can read the full article or listen to it on the KNKX website, including a quote from AIS and History Associate Professor Josh Reid.