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Memorable Manitobans: Rufus Prince (1920-1989)Indigenous leader. Born on the Long Plain First Nation in 1920, he was educated at the Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School before serving with the Canadian Army in Italy during the Second World War. Upon his return he was elected Chief of the Long Plain Indian Band. Prince later became Vice-President of the Manitoba Indian Brotherhood, and he helped found the Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council and the Dakota Ojibway Police Force (the first Aboriginal law enforcement agency in Canada) in 1977. He died at Portage la Prairie in 1989. Sources:Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by John M. “Jack” Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999. This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough. Page revised: 2 November 2022
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