Grand Chief Edward John

BIOGRAPHY

Grand Chief Edward John (Akile Ch'oh) is a Hereditary Chief of Tl'azt'en Nation located on the banks of the Nak'al Bun (Stuart Lake) in Northern BC. Chief John has been a lawyer for 30 years. He has a BA from the University of Victoria, an LLB from the University of BC and a Honourary Ph.D. from the University of Northern BC.

Chief John is currently serving his eighth consecutive term on the First Nations Summit Task Group (political executive), which is mandated to carry out specific tasks related to Aboriginal Title and Rights negotiations with BC and Canada and other issues of common concern to First Nations in BC.

Chief John has served in many leadership roles at the local, provincial, national and international levels. He is a former Co-Chair of the North American Indigenous Caucus and participated in the development of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples which was adopted by the United Nations in September of 2007.

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