John Tetlichi
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John Tetlichi was a Canadian politician, who served on the 6th Northwest Territories Legislative Council from 1967 to 1970.[1]
At the time, the council retained a mixture of both elected and appointed seats. Tetlichi, a Dene chief, was appointed to the council in 1967 as its first First Nations member, to improve First Nations representation in government.[2] He served until 1970, when he ran for an elected seat in Mackenzie Delta in the 1970 Northwest Territories general election, but was defeated by Lyle Trimble.[3]
