Delbert Riley is a Canadian First Nations leader of Chippewa background. He was chief of the National Indian Brotherhood (known today as the Assembly of First Nations) from 1980 to 1982. Riley also presided over the Union of Ontario Indians.[1]
Biography
Riley was born in the Chippewas of the Thames First Nations community near St. Thomas, Ontario. As a child he had spent time in a tuberculosis sanatorium before being sent to Mohawk Institute Residential School near Brantford, Ontario.[2] He graduated from the University of Western Ontario.
Riley was elected as chief of the National Indian Brotherhood in 1980, succeeding Noel Starblanket.[2]
References
- ↑ Schmalz, Peter S. (1991). The Ojibwa of Southern Ontario. University of Toronto Press. p. 253. ISBN 0802067786. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- 1 2 Forester, Brett (Feb 17, 2023). "Ex-national chief who helped create Assembly of First Nations says organization now 'in limbo'". CBC News. Retrieved December 30, 2025.