Delbert Riley

Delbert Riley is a Canadian First [Nations in Canada|First Nations] leader of Chippewa background. He was chief of the National Indian Brotherhood from 1980 to 1982. Riley also presided over the Union of Ontario Indians.

Biography

Riley was born in the Chippewas of the Thames First Nations community near St. Thomas, Ontario. As a child he had spent time in a tuberculosis sanatorium before being sent to Mohawk Institute Residential School near Brantford, Ontario. He graduated from the University of Western Ontario.
Riley was elected as chief of the National Indian Brotherhood in 1980, succeeding Noel Starblanket.