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Ada Deer, First Woman To Head The BIA Has Passed On
She was also the first woman to serve as chairperson of the Menominee Nation, and the first Native American Woman to run for Congress in Wisconsin. Deer was instrumental in restoring federal recognition for her tribe, and also thought for sovereignty of all Indigenous nations.
https://apnews.com/article/ada-deer-wisconsin-death-obituary-e9526c4efb40475aab43144230621fad
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2023/08/16/ada-deer-native-american-leader-in-wisconsin-dies-at-88/70582357007/
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