Billy Frank Jr.
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A rotating visual presentation featuring photos of Nisqually tribal elder and chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Billy Frank Jr. are displayed at the Squaxin Island Event Center near Shelton, Wash as part of a May 11,2014 public memorial for the 83 year-old environmental and native fishing rights leader died on May 5th. (AP Photo/The Olympian, Steve Bloom)

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FILE - In this file photo from the late 1960s provided by the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, Billy Frank Jr., left, fishes on the Nisqually River near Olympia, Wash., with his half brother Don McCloud. Frank, a Nisqually tribal elder who was arrested dozens of times while trying to assert his native fishing rights during the Fish Wars of the 1960s and '70s, died Monday, May 5, 2014. He was 83. (AP Photo/Courtesy Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2014 file photo, Billy Frank Jr. looks at a photo from the late 1960s that shows him, left, fishing with Don McCloud, right, near Frank's Landing on the Nisqually River in Nisqually, Wash. Frank, a Nisqually tribal elder who was arrested dozens of times while trying to assert his native fishing rights during the Fish Wars of the 1960s and '70s, died Monday, May 5, 2014. He was 83. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2014 file photo, Billy Frank Jr. poses for a photo near Frank's Landing on the Nisqually River in Nisqually, Wash. Frank, a Nisqually tribal elder who was arrested dozens of times while trying to assert his native fishing rights during the Fish Wars of the 1960s and '70s, died Monday, May 5, 2014. He was 83. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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Billy Frank Jr., left, a Nisqually tribal elder who was arrested dozens of times while trying to assert his native fishing rights during the Fish Wars of the 1960s and '70s, looks out at the Nisqually River as he stands with Ed Johnstone, right, of the Quinault tribe, at Frank's Landing in Nisqually, Wash. Several Washington state lawmakers are pushing to give people arrested during the Fish Wars a chance to expunge their convictions from the record. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Billy Frank Jr., a Nisqually tribal elder who was arrested dozens of times while trying to assert his native fishing rights during the Fish Wars of the 1960s and '70s, looks at a photo from the late 1960s, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, that shows him, left, fishing with Don McCloud, right, near Frank's Landing on the Nisqually River in Nisqually, Wash. Several Washington state lawmakers are pushing to give people arrested during the Fish Wars a chance to expunge their convictions from the record. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Billy Frank Jr., a Nisqually tribal elder who was arrested dozens of times while trying to assert his native fishing rights during the Fish Wars of the 1960s and '70s, poses for a photo Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, near Frank's Landing on the Nisqually River in Nisqually, Wash. Several Washington state lawmakers are pushing to give people arrested during the Fish Wars a chance to expunge their convictions from the record. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Billy Frank Jr., pointing, a Nisqually tribal elder who was arrested dozens of times while trying to assert his native fishing rights during the Fish Wars of the 1960s and '70s, looks at a photograph Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, in Olympia, Wash., of his wife Norma being arrested for fishing. Several Washington state lawmakers are pushing to give people arrested during the Fish Wars a chance to expunge their convictions from the record. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Billy Frank Jr., a Nisqually tribal elder who was arrested dozens of times while trying to assert his native fishing rights during the Fish Wars of the 1960s and '70s, looks at a photograph Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, in Olympia, Wash., from September 1970, when police officers used tear gas and clubs to arrest 60 protesters who had been setting fishing nets in the Puyallup River. Several Washington state lawmakers are pushing to give people arrested during the Fish Wars a chance to expunge their convictions from the record. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Billy Frank Jr., a Nisqually tribal elder who was arrested dozens of times while trying to assert his native fishing rights during the Fish Wars of the 1960s and '70s, poses for a photo Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, while holding a late 1960s photo of himself, left, fishing with Don McCloud, near Frank's Landing on the Nisqually River in Nisqually, Wash. Several Washington state lawmakers are pushing to give people arrested during the Fish Wars a chance to expunge their convictions from the record. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Billy Frank Jr., left, a Nisqually tribal elder who was arrested dozens of times while trying to assert his native fishing rights during the Fish Wars of the 1960s and '70s, poses for a photo Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, with Ed Johnstone, of the Quinault tribe, at Frank's Landing on the Nisqually River in Nisqually, Wash. They are holding a photo from the late 1960s of Frank and Don McCloud fishing on the river. Several Washington state lawmakers are pushing to give people arrested during the Fish Wars a chance to expunge their convictions from the record. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Billy Frank Jr., left, a Nisqually tribal elder who was arrested dozens of times while trying to assert his native fishing rights during the Fish Wars of the 1960s and '70s, poses for a photo Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, with Ed Johnstone, of the Quinault tribe, at Frank's Landing on the Nisqually River in Nisqually, Wash. They are holding a photo from the late 1960s of Frank and Don McCloud fishing on the river. Several Washington state lawmakers are pushing to give people arrested during the Fish Wars a chance to expunge their convictions from the record. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)