Konrad Sioui
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Konrad Sioui (born in 1953) was the Grand Chief (french: Grand Chef) of Wendake, a native reserve that is an enclave within what is now Quebec City, Canada. He succeeded
Max Gros-Louis Magella Gros-Louis (6 August 193114 November 2020), known as Max Gros-Louis or Oné Onti, was a Canadian politician and businessman in Quebec. For many years, he was Grand Chief of the Huron-Wendat First Nation. He founded and directed various ...
in 2008. Sioui is a hereditary chief of the Bear Clan of the Huron-Wendat Nation. He represented the Assembly of First Nations in Geneva from 1985 to 1992 while being the official and national spokesperson on constitutional reform issues between 1984 and 1994. He was a candidate in the AFN's 1994 leadership convention, but lost to Ovide Mercredi.


R. v. Sioui

In ''R. v. Sioui'', known as the Sioui Decision, Sioui won a unanimous decision at the
Supreme Court of Canada The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC; french: Cour suprême du Canada, CSC) is the Supreme court, highest court in the Court system of Canada, judicial system of Canada. It comprises List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada, nine justices, wh ...
in 1991. The ruling acknowledged that a 1760 document signed between British General James Murray and the Huron band, the Huron-British Treaty of 1760, is still valid as it was an international agreement entered into between sovereign nations.


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