OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a measure that starts the process of honoring the late Billy Frank Jr. with a statue at the U.S. Capitol.
Frank, a Nisqually tribal member who championed treaty rights and protecting the environment, died in 2014 at age 83.
A street is named after him in Bellingham’s Sehome neighborhood.
The measure, approved with bipartisan support, looks to replace Washington’s Marcus Whitman statue in the National Statuary Hall Collection.