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 Mel
Tonasket, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian
Reservation, Washington. Led his tribal council’s
fight against termination and as President of National
Congress of American Indians, mobilized national
support for major tribal legislation passed in the
1970s. With Ron Allen and the late Joe Delacruz
(Quinalt), he helped develop the Centennial Accord,
which delineates the principles of government to
government relationship between the tribes and the
State of Washington. A trailblazer in healthcare
policy, in 2002 Tonasket received a “Heroes
of Healthcare” award from the Washington Health
Foundation.
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