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CALGARY, CANADA: Chief Wilton Littlechild, Ph.D., is a Cree chief, residential school survivor, and lawyer who has worked both nationally and internationally including with the United Nations to advance Indigenous rights and Treaties. He has also through leadership with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission raised awareness of former Canadian policies that decimated the livelihood and culture of Indigenous Canadians. (Photo by Giles Clarke/Getty Images)

CALGARY, CANADA: Chief Wilton Littlechild, Ph.D., is a Cree chief, residential school survivor, and lawyer who has worked both nationally and internationally including with the United Nations to advance Indigenous rights and Treaties. He has also through leadership with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission raised awareness of former Canadian policies that decimated the livelihood and culture of Indigenous Canadians. (Photo by Giles Clarke/Getty Images)