… a tireless champion for American Indians, campaigning on behalf … , ostensibly to force Native Americans to assimilate into mainstream … support from the Native American Rights Fund and Wisconsin … and repairing relationships with Native American leaders, and was …… a tireless champion for American Indians, campaigning on behalf … , ostensibly to force Native Americans to assimilate into mainstream … support from the Native American Rights Fund and Wisconsin … and repairing relationships with Native American leaders, and was …