The McLeod Lake Indian Band is mourning the loss of former councillor and leader Harry Chingee.
He passed away last month at the age of 95 and is considered a shining example by his peers because of his kindness and knowledge.
Derek Orr worked alongside Chingee while Orr was elected leader of the band from 2008 to 2017 who spoke fondly of the longtime leader.
“He was our longest serving leader through the sixties, seventies, and eighties he served for over twenty years and his legacy to provide the people and to place the McLeod Lake Indian Band to where it is today.”
“All the knowledge that Harry carried and all of the changes he’s seen over a lifetime has been amazing and he talked significantly herds of Caribou in the three hundred to six hundred range in a pack.”
He adds Chingee was a significant role model in the community and was a skilled hunter.
Orr believes a really good mentor has been lost.
“Harry was an amazing man and had a great life, he was kind and generous and always very nice to me and very supportive for sure.”
“Harry was a fairly significant role model in the community still practicing a lot of the ways and eating a traditional diet.”
Chingee and his wife Patricia had several children together.
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