Billy Frank Jr. was only 14 years old the first time he was arrested under a state law that prohibited net fishing by Indians in off-reservation areas. But a treaty that had taken land away from ...

Willie Frank III poses for a photo along the Nisqually River, where his father Billy Frank Jr. was arrested multiple times for exercising his tribal fishing rights.

MOBILE, Ala.—The U.S. Navy will christen the future USNS Billy Frank Jr. (T-ATS 11) during a ceremony on Saturday, March 29, at 10:00 a.m. CDT at Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama.

Ours is a living culture that depends on our being able to exercise our traditional, constitutionally guaranteed treaty ...

Billy Frank, Jr. served as Chair of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission for most of its first 30 years. On Tuesday, March 11, the Pierce County Council paused to honor the legacy of Billy ...

Long before the large-scale Earth Day protests on April 22, 1970 – often credited with spurring significant environmental ...

MOBILE, Ala. -- Austal Ship Manufacturing in Mobile christened its first steel ship on Saturday. The USNS Billy Frank Jr. will be the Navy's sixth generation towing, salvage and rescue ship.