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Ahatsistari (André-Napoléon Montpetit), honorary Huron Chief
This photograph captures author and journalist André-Napoléon Montpetit wearing a traditional Indigenous headdress. He was made honorary Huron Chief and named Ahatsistari. Editor of the L’Opinion publique newspaper starting in 1870, he published the Histoire des Hurons de Lorette, after forming a special bond with the nation. He died in Montréal in 1898.
Ellisson & Co. (George William Ellisson)
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
Document in the public domain (free of copyright) - Date: 1878