Key Figures

Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal men and women who have shaped the history of Québec—both the well-known and the lesser-known.

Levi General (Deskaheh)

Cayuga Chief

  • Aboriginal leaders
  • Self-determination
  • Key events
  • Politics

Pita Aatami

President of Makivik Corporation since 2021

  • Aboriginal leaders
  • Politics
  • Self-determination
  • Living Conditions

Mathieu André

Nicknamed Mestenapeu ("The Big Man")

  • Aboriginal leaders
  • Key events
  • Economy

Michèle Audette

Senator

  • Aboriginal leaders
  • Living Conditions
  • Aboriginal women

Constant Awashish

First Nations leader

  • Aboriginal leaders
  • Self-determination

Suzy Basile

Anthropologist, PhD in Environmental Sciences

  • Education
  • Living Conditions
  • Culture
  • Women

Mrs. Joseph Boyer

Mohawk woman evicted from her community

  • Politique d’assimilation
  • Living Conditions
  • Aboriginal women

The Sioui Brothers

Charged with cutting down trees

  • Ways of life
  • Treaties and Agreements
  • Key events

Jean Chrétien

Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development who would go on to become Prime Minister of Canada

  • Politique d’assimilation
  • Key events

Matthew Coon Come

Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Crees for 20 years

  • Aboriginal leaders
  • Politics
  • Self-determination