Career
Dickie was elected Chief in 1970, and was instrumental in the Band negotiating a Mineral Rights Sharing Agreement with the Federal Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia in 1980. During his term as Chief of his community, Dickie made national and international news when he blocked the arrival of the first British Columbia Rail train in 1971 in a dispute over railway access across Reserve land. Chalo School and Chalo Road, located on the Fort Nelson First Nation, is named after Dickie.
