Elizabeth Furse, a renowned advocate for Indigenous rights and a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon, has died. She was 84.
Furse represented the 1st Congressional District, which includes Astoria, from 1993 to 1999 as a progressive Democrat.
Elizabeth Furse, a Democrat, represented Oregon’s 1st Congressional District.
Michael Lloyd/The Oregonian
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Former congresswoman Elizabeth Furse met with Joe Scovell, the late hereditary chief of the Clastop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes.
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