Joseph Tekwiro Norton (29 August 1949 – 14 August 2020) was a Canadian politician and tribe chief of the

Mohawks of Kahnawá:ke The Mohawk people ( moh, Kanienʼkehá꞉ka) are the most easterly section of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois Confederacy. They are an Iroquoian-speaking Indigenous people of North America, with communities in southeastern Canada and northern Ne ...

Biography

Norton was a proprietor of the internet club Absolute Poker. He was on the board of directors of TeKnoWave, Turtle Technologies, and Mohawk Internet Technologies. He was a consultant for the Federal Bridge Corporation. He had previously worked as a structural steel fitter. In 2002, he won the National Aboriginal Achievement Award. Joe Norton died on 14 August 2020 at the age of 70.

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1949 births 2020 deaths Canadian Mohawk people Mohawks of Kahnawá:ke people {{Quebec-politician-stub