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Max Gros-Louis attended the
school in his Amerindian village through grade 4
and then transferred to the Académie de
Loretteville through grade 9. He took English by
correspondence and concentrated on aboriginal law
and its elements, such as the Indian Act, the
British North America Act, the Quebec Act and the
treaties. From his youth he has been a respected
hunter, fisherman and trapper. He has worked at a
number of occupations having to do with Amerindian
crafts and retail sales. For some 10 years he was
vice president of the Association professionnelle
des artisans du Québec. From 1964 to 1984,
he was Grand Chief of the Huron-Wendat Nation. In
1984 he retired from political life, but only very
briefly: by 1987 he was back, and in 1994 he was
re-elected Grand Chief.
Max Gros-Louis is known above
all for his contributions as the founder and
director of organizations dedicated to the culture
and rights of Amerindians. Between 1965 and 1976 he
was successively a founding member, vice president
and secretary-treasurer of the Association des
Indiens du Québec; he was for five years
Secretary of the Indian Advisory Council; for three
years he was Director of the World Assembly of
First Nations. In 1983 and 1987, he represented
aboriginal Quebeckers at federal constitutional
conferences on aboriginal law. He has been an
administrator of the Aboriginal Economic
Development Program and a member of the
Multiculturalism Council. Director and Vice Chief
of the Assembly of First Nations for 10 years, he
has also represented the Abenaki and Huron-Wendat
nations and has sat on various national committees
of the Association [Assembly?] of First
Nations.
In the course of his
productive life, Chief Gros-Louis has received many
awards and honours and has presided over many
political, cultural and sports events. In 1966 he
was recognized as a "diplomat for peace" by the
Organisation internationale de la presse
diplomatique for his involvement and dedication. In
1989, France presented him with its Médaille
d'or du Mérite et du dévouement, for
his exceptional services to the human community.
Two years later he was made a Chevalier of France's
Ordre national du mérite. In 1992, he was
the guest of honour at the launching, in
Laflèche, France, of the celebrations
marking the 350th anniversary of the departure from
France of the founders of Montreal. Chief
Gros-Louis has taken part in many public affairs
and cultural broadcasts, which has given him the
chance to meet such well-known figures as Charles
de Gaulle and Jacques Chirac. He has addressed a
number of university groups both in Canada and
abroad, and is regarded as an elder by many of
Canada's aboriginal nations. All his life, Max
Gros-Louis has worked to develop the culture and
rights of aboriginal people and to ensure their
international recognition.
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