Joe De La Cruz
Joe De La Cruz may refer to: * Joe DeLaCruz, Native American leader in Washington, U.S. * Joe De La Cruz (actor) Joe De La Cruz was a Mexican-American character actor who worked in Hollywood from the late 1910s through the early 1940s. He often played villains. Selected filmography * ''Under Fiesta Stars'' (1941) * ''Adventures of Captain Marvel'' (1941 ...

Joe DeLaCruz
Joe DeLaCruz (Joseph B. DeLaCruz, July 16, 1937 – April 16, 2000) was a Native American leader in Washington, U.S., president for 22 years of the Quinault Tribe.Ross AndersonQuinault Indian leader Joe DeLaCruz dies ''Seattle Times'', 2000-04-18. Accessed online 2009-06-04. He was reputed for his "thorough, in-depth knowledge of probably every Indian tribe in North America."Reyes 2006, p. 98. According to Suzan Harjo, "His programs became models for Native Americans everywhere." Life DeLaCruz grew up on the Quinault Reservation in Taholah Grays Harbor County, Washington, the eldest of 10 children. In high school he was student-body president and a four-sport athlete. He fished in the summers with his grandfather on the Quinault River, drove a school bus and worked at the local lumber mill. He served two years in the United States Army in Germany, then attended Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, after which he took a federal government job in that city. In 1967, he ...
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