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.

Kay LeClaire — who has claimed since 2017 to be of Native American heritage — was accused this week in an online forum of actually being white. Now, sources say, they also "passed off people's ...

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, ...

Today, a growing number of Native American, ... Cultural anthropologist Lars Krutak, author of “Tattoo Traditions of Native North America,” has studied the traditions in 30 countries.

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 ...

MADISON, Wis. — 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.

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.

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 ...

FILE - Ada Deer meets reporters at the Interior Department in Washington, Sept. 7, 1995. Deer, an esteemed Native American leader from Wisconsin, died from natural causes at age 88 on Aug. 15, 2023.