On the site of the Secrétariat des affaires autochtones du gouvernement du Québec, you will find a list of the main Aboriginal political organizations the government deals with.

Adapted from: autochtones.gouv.qc.ca

Assembly of First Nations is the Aboriginal structure for official political representation with regard to the Canadian government.

Adapted from: afn.ca

Visit the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council site. This council was founded in 1992 to make representations concerning Algonquin land claims.

Adapted from: anishinabenation.ca

Le Conseil des Montagnais du Lac-Saint-Jean is the political and administrative organization of the Innu First Nation in the Lac Saint-Jean region.

Adapted from (french only): mashteuiatsh.ca

Makivik Corporation

Discover the history of the first expressions of Aboriginal political action in Quebec on the Makivik Corporation site.

Adapted from: makivik.org

Ghislain Picard

Ghislain is an Innu from Betsiamites. After having worked for the Public Service in 1978, he worked for the Conseil des Atikamekws montagnais until 1983, where he co-founded the Société de communication atikamekw montagnais (SOCAM). In 1989, he is nominated VP among the Conseil des Atikamekws montagnais. In January 1992, he is elected Chief in the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador.

In 2003, he received the badge of Knight of the Ordre national du Québec. In 2005, France gave him the badge of Knight of the Légion d'honneur.

Michèle Audet

Born in Maliotenam, she lived in the suburban of Montreal with her father while driving off to Maliotenam. Michèle Audet has been nominated in 2004, Associate Deputy-Minister for the Ministère des Relations avec les citoyens et de l'Immigration of the Government of Quebec, and as the manager of the Status of Womens' Secretariat. She has also been the 8th president of Quebec Native Women.

By marrying a White man, Michèle Audet's mother suddenly lost her kids and her Amerindian status. Her dearest dream is to abolish the Indian Act.