Ada Deer

Ada Elizabeth Deer (August 7, 1935 – August 15, 2023) was an American scholar and civil servant who was a member of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin and a Native American advocate. As an activist, she opposed the federal termination of tribes from the 1950s. During the Clinton administration, Deer served as assistant secretary of the interior for Indian affairs. For her advocacy and organization on behalf of Native people, she was recognized as a social work pioneer by the National Association of Social Workers in 2010.

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