Andrew Delisle, Sr.,
Mohawk,1933-
He was
a Mohawk Chief at Kahnawake. He dedicated over 40 years of his
life and heart to native rights and issues and was first elected
to the Kahnawake Band Council in the early 1960s. He was a founding
member of the National Indian Council which began in 1963 and
contributed to its metamorphosis into the National Indian Brotherhood
and later into the Assembly of First Nations. In 1969, he was
awarded the Order of Canada, the first Native person to achieve
this honour. In the 1970s, he was an active part of the James
Bay Agreement negotiations. In the summer of 1990, he was part
of the negotiation team that worked to end the standoff between
the Mohawk people and other governments at Oka. A longer biography
appears in Native Leaders of Canada.
