Walter Dieter

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Walter Perry Dieter O.C. (31 May 1916 - 7 September 1988) was a Canadian First Nations leader. He was the founding Chief of the National Indian Brotherhood in 1968, which is today known as the Assembly of First Nations.

Dieter was a Cree, born on the Peepeekisis Reserve near Balcarres, Saskatchewan. He enlisted with the Royal Regina Rifles during the Second World War but was turned away due to his tuberculosis.

He served as the head of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations from 1966 to 1968.

In 1980 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada for his work towards better education and social conditions for aboriginal Canadians.

He died of cancer in Regina, Saskatchewan, and buried on the Okanese Reserve.

[edit] External links

• Saskatchewan Indian: Walter Dieter obituary (1988)
• Walter Dieter, Saskatchewan Indian

Preceded by None

National Chief of the National Indian Brotherhood 1968-1970

Succeeded by George Manuel