Political Career
From 1964 to 1984, he was Grand Chief of the Huron-Wendat Nation. In 1984 he retired from political life, but only very briefly: by 1987 he was back, and in 1994 he was re-elected Grand Chief.Max Gros-Louis is known above all for his contributions as the founder and director of organizations dedicated to the culture and rights of the First Nation People. • Between 1965 and 1976 he was successively a founding member, vice president and secretary-treasurer of the Association des Indiens du Québec • He was Director of the Assembly of First Nations for three years. • In 1983 and 1987, he represented First nation Quebecers at federal constitutional conferences on aboriginal law. • He was for five years Secretary of the Indian Advisory Council • He has been an administrator of the Aboriginal Economic Development Program • Member of the Multiculturalism Council. • Director and Vice Chief of the Assembly of First Nations for 10 years He has taken a more individualist approach to economic and social problems than most First Nations leaders. He also wrote an autobiography titled First Among the Huron.
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