Billy Diamond (1949- )

Billy Diamond (born May 17, 1949) was the chief of the Waskaganish, Quebec Cree in 1970, and grand chief of the Grand Council of the Crees from 1974 to 1984.

He was born on May 17, 1949 in a tent near Rupert House, Quebec, on the shore of James Bay. In 1970 he became chief of the Waskaganish, Quebec Cree. On November 11, 1975, he signed the The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement with the Canadian government.