Exiled U.S. Indian activist falls from grace

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The Indian activist who once wined and dined with U.S. Presidents now lives an exile's life on the seedy side of Vancouver.

Robert Satiacum's fall from grace began after being convicted of 70 racketeering an embezzlement charges in Washington State.

He won political asylum in 1987 when the immigration Appeal Board found he had a legitimate fear of assassination if deported to the United States.

The ruling has since been overturned by an appeal. He plans to appeal the decision.

Satiacum faces another court battle this November, after being charged with sexually touching a 10-year-old girl in 1988. The trial was postponed after suspected heart attack pangs

landed him in hospital.

Satiacum is the great grandson of Chief Seattle, after whom the American city is named. He is also the Chief of Chiefs of Indian nations, an honor American Indians last bestowed

on Sitting Bull more than a century ago.