Shawn A-in-chut Atleo | |
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Ah-up-wa-eek | |
National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations | |
In office 2009–2014[1] | |
Preceded by | Phil Fontaine |
Succeeded by | Ghislain Picard (interim) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1967 (age 56–57)[2] Vancouver, British Columbia |
Spouse(s) |
Nancy Atleo (m. 1986–2014)Heather Squire (m. 2017) |
Residence(s) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
Alma mater | University of Technology, Sydney |
Shawn A-in-chut Atleo (Ahousaht First Nation, born 1967), is a Canadian activist and politician, a former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations in Canada (serving 2009 to 2014).[1] He also has served since 1999 as a Hereditary Chief of the Ahousaht First Nation, part of the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation based in British Columbia.