of 2005. Rupertsland, 21 September 1993: George Munroe Munroe was born and raised in Camperville, Manitoba, the child of a caucasian father and a Saulteux mother. He has three years of experience in the Canadian Navy. Munroe is a veteran aboriginal activist in the province, who helped form the Manitoba Indian Brotherhood in 1967 and was executive director of the Indian-Métis Friendship Centre in the early 1970s. Munroe was elected to the Winnipeg City Council in 1971, winning as a New Democrat in the Ross House ward. When asked about his status as a community leader on election night, he was quoted as saying, "I believe I'll adhere to the old Indian concept where you have leaders for certain functions. I would not call myself a spokesman, but on certain issues, depending on the circumstances, I will speak for the native people. He first campaigned for the Manitoba legislature in the 1973 provincial election, as an independent candidate. Munroe served as vice-president of the Native Council of Canada in the 1970s, and unsuccessfully campaigned for its presidency in 1979. He was identified served as Chief of Garden Hill in a 1982 article, (Globe and Mail, 7 January 1982), and was chief executive officer of the Sagkeeng First Nation in 1993 (Winnipeg Free Press, 16 August 1993). Munroe was 49 years old at the time of the by-election (WFP, 11 September 1993). He was director of the child and family services agency Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre in 1995, and supported efforts toward legal restitution for the victims of Canada's residential school system (WFP, 17 August 1995). He was also co-chairman of the Winnipeg Aboriginal Coalition, and promoted the creation of an aboriginal "trade zone" in the city to promote economic stimulation (WFP, 13 November 1995). In late 1996, he promoted a First Nations Bank of Canada (WFP, 12 December 1996). He was elected to a two-year term on the Aboriginal Council of Winnipeg in July 1996, and was later chosen as the council's vice-president (WFP, 28 July and 22 November 1996). He appears to have been re-elected in 1998, as he was still listed as council vice-president late in the year (WFP, 27 October 1998). Munroe was listed in 1999 as CEO of Neeginan Development Corp., which promotes aboriginal and historic tourism in Winnipeg (National Post, 24 May 1999). In 2001, he was a consultant with the Social Planning