Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: December 29, 1986
• Invested on: April 29, 1987

This former Montagnais chief, one of the last guardians of traditional Montagnais culture, has been a staunch defender of Native rights through his involvement in the Indians of Québec Association and the Attikamek-Montagnais Council and in his participation in the submission of briefs to the British Parliament opposing the patriation of the British North America Act.