Indigenous leader.
Born around 1944, a veteran of the Royal Canadian Navy, he helped to establish the Manitoba Indian Brotherhood in 1967. He was the first Indigenous person elected to the Winnipeg City Council (1971-1974), Executive Director of the Winnipeg Indian and Metis Friendship Centre (1969-1974), an Elder at Yellowquill College, a member of the Elder's Council of the Circle of Life Thunderbird House, Vice-President of the Aboriginal Council of Winnipeg, and Chief Executive Officer of Sagkeeng First Nation (1993). In 1988, he married Gloria J. Wright (?-2010). He died at the Grace Hospital on 17 February 2026.
Obituary [Gloria J. Munroe], Winnipeg Free Press, 22 July 2010.
Obituary, Arbor Memorial.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 21 February 2026.
We thank Kevin Rollason for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Rick Mutton.
Page revised: 26 October 2026
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