Willie Littlechild
Willie Littlechild | |
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Littlechild in 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Wetaskiwin | |
| In office 1988–1993 | |
| Preceded by | Stanley K. Schellenberger |
| Succeeded by | Dale Johnston |
| Personal details | |
| Born | J. Wilton Littlechild 1 April 1944 Hobbema, Alberta, Canada |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative Party of Canada |
| Spouse | Helen Peacock |
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| Alma mater | University of Alberta |
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J. Wilton Littlechild CC AOE MSC KC (born 1944), known as Willie Littlechild, is a Canadian lawyer and Cree chief who was Grand Chief of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations and a member of Parliament. A residential school survivor, he is known for his work nationally and internationally on Indigenous rights. He was born in Hobbema, now named Maskwacis, Alberta.