Ada Deer, the former United States assistant secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs and Native American leader in Wisconsin, has died at age 88.

Ada Deer, an esteemed leader of Native American descent hailing from Wisconsin and the pioneering first woman to head the Bureau of Indian Affairs, has passed away at the age of 88.

In 1919, Rachel Caroline Eaton became the first known Native American woman to get a PhD, ... Deer was one of the native people who went to D.C. and got the tribe reinstated in 1973.

Ada Deer, a member of the Menominee tribe in Wisconsin who was a leading figure in the movement for greater Native American sovereignty since the 1960s, a role she played both as a critic of the ...

Ada Deer, tireless advocate for Native American rights, dies at 88. She campaigned for tribal self-determination, including while serving as the first woman to lead the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Ada Deer, an esteemed Native American leader from Wisconsin and the first woman to lead the Bureau of Indian Affairs, has died at age 88. Deer passed away Tuesday evening from natural causes, ...

A look at Deer's lifetime of accomplishments. Deer was the first Native American woman to run for Congress in Wisconsin, in 1978 and 1992. She became the first woman to head the Bureau of Indian ...

Deer, an esteemed Native American leader from Wisconsin and the first woman to lead the Bureau of Indian Affairs, has died at age 88. She passed away Tuesday evening, Aug. 15, 2023, from natural ...

Ada Deer, the former United States assistant secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs and Native American leader in Wisconsin, has died at age 88.

WCCO digital headlines: Afternoon of Aug. 16, 2023 01:52. Ada Deer, an esteemed Native American leader from Wisconsin and the first woman to lead the Bureau of Indian Affairs, has died at age 88.