Political Career
From 1964 to 1965 he was a member of the Saskatchewan Royal Commission on Government Administration.
Barber was appointed as a member of the Northwest Territorial Council on 9 November 1967. He was also Indian Claims Commissioner for Canada.
In 1976, Barber became the second president and vice-chancellor of the University of Regina, a position he held until retirement in 1990. From 1990 to 1993 he was chairman of the Saskatchewan Honours Advisory Council.
He was made an honorary Saskatchewan Indian chief in 1980 and received the Aboriginal Order of Canada in 1985.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of CanWest Global Communications Corp. He has also served as a Director of Cominco (today Teck Cominco) since 1987.
In 1978, he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1993, he was promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada. In 1995 he was invested as a member of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, Saskatchewan’s highest honour.
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