Ada Deer

I attended Alveum Elementary School, which by the way, we renamed two weeks ago.

Alveum Elementary School is now Ada Deer Elementary School.

Um, Sanchez, uh, I'm sorry, Chavez Elementary School is named Roberto, Dr. Roberto Sanchez Elementary School-

Oh, okay

Mm-hmm.

Puedo mencionar o bueno, i-imagina, imagina cómo ha sido este recorrido.

Yo, eh, estudié e-en la escuela Elgim, que de hecho recientemente [carraspea] ha sido re, eh, redenominada o tiene ahora un nuevo nombre, Ada Deer, es el nombre de esta escuela ahora.

Recientemente, eh, se le, se le cambió su nombre.

Then, in 1970, a group called DRUMS, Determination of Rights and Unity for Menominee Stockholders, organized to get federal recognition back.

Nobody had ever done that before, until the group's leader, Ada Deer, and James Washington Navatak devoted years of their lives to making it happen.

And it worked.

In 1973, nearly 20 years after termination, the Menominee tribe of Wisconsin was restored by an act of Congress.

He argued that preserving the diversity of species was crucial for life on Earth.

And finally, Ada Deer, Native Lands, 1970s to 2020s.

The first woman to oversee the Bureau of Indian Affairs, she helped Native groups gain sovereignty, including the right to restore and manage their own lands.

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