Walter Perry Dieter O.C. (31 May 1916 - 7 September 1988) was a Canadian First Nations leader. The Order of Canada is the highest civilian honour within the Canadian system of honours, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the order's Latin Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page First Nations is a term of Ethnicity that refers to the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis people He was the founding Chief of the National Indian Brotherhood in 1968, which is today known as the Assembly of First Nations. The Assembly of First Nations (AFN is a body of First Nations leaders in Canada.
Dieter was a Cree, born on the Peepeekisis Reserve near Balcarres, Saskatchewan. Not to be confused with the Creek. Cree is an Exonym applied to various people indigenous to North America namely the Nehiyaw Nehithaw Nehilaw Balcarres (bælˈkɛrəs 2006 population 598 is a Town He enlisted with the Royal Regina Rifles during the Second World War but was turned away due to his tuberculosis. The Royal Regina Rifles is a Primary Reserve Infantry Regiment of the Canadian Forces. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or T u' b' erculosis Bacillus --> is a common
He served as the head of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations from 1966 to 1968. The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN is a Saskatchewan -based First Nations organization
In 1980 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada for his work towards better education and social conditions for aboriginal Canadians. The Order of Canada is the highest civilian honour within the Canadian system of honours, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the order's Latin
He died of cancer in Regina, Saskatchewan, and buried on the Okanese Reserve. Regina (rɨˈdʒaɪnə is the capital of Saskatchewan, Canada.
External links
- Saskatchewan Indian: Walter Dieter obituary (1988)
- Walter Dieter, Saskatchewan Indian
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National Chief of the National Indian Brotherhood 1968-1970 |
Succeeded by George Manuel |
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