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First streamed live on APTN News, April 13, 2026.
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First Nations, Inuit, Métis Rights and Alberta Separation: Constitutional and Legal Framework
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Letter to Prime Minister Carney: Request to Uphold Treaties
April 30, 2025 Dear Prime Minister Carney: Re: Request to Uphold Treaties Congratulations on your...
Letter to Premier Smith: Cease & Desist – Separatist Threats
April 30, 2025 Dear Premier Smith: Re: Cease & Desist - Separatist Threats You are attempting...
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| Justin Martin (Deceased 1909) | 1899 to 1909 |
| Justin Martin, Jr. (Resigned 1930) | 1909 to 1930 |
| Felix (Pierre) Guillaume (Whitehead) (Deceased 1941) | 1930 to 1941 |
| John Cowie | 1942 to 1968 |
| Ernest (Courtoreille) Wittago | 1968 to 1970 |
| Albert Gladue | 1970 to 1974 |
| John James Courtoreille | 1974 to 1976 |
| Archie Waquan (Resigned 1976) | 1976 to 1976 |
| Sammy Tuccaro (Resigned 1977) | 1976 to 1977 |
| Cecilia Simpson (Interim Chief) | 1977 to 1977 |
| Albert Gladue | 1977 to 1978 |
| Lawrence Courtoreille | 1978 to 1979 |
| Lloyd (John R.) Antoine | 1979 to 1980 |
| Lawrence Courtoreille | 1980 to 1984 |
| Archie Waquan | 1984 to 1986 |
| Rita Marten | 1986 to 1989 |
| Mathew Lepine | 1989 to 1990 |
| Archie Waquan | 1990 to 1993 |
| Lawrence Vermillion | 1993 to 1996 |
| Archie Waquan | 1996 to 1999 |
| George Poitras | 1999 to 2002 |
| Archie Waquan | 2002 to 2005 |
| Roxanne Marcel | 2005 to 2008 |
| Roxanne Marcel | 2008 to 2011 |
| Steve Courtoreille | 2011 to 2014 |
| Steve Courtoreille | 2014 to 2017 |
| Archie Waquan | 2017 to 2020 |
| Peter Powder (Resigned 2022) | 2020 to 2022 |