Winnipeg Free Press Indigenous man who died after incident with jail guards had tough background By: Niigaan Sinclair | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021 Last Modified: 9:03 PM CST Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021 | Updates William Walter Ahmo was born on Dec. 11, 1975 — one month before me. We had different lives, but they were intertwined. His father, who died when he was two years old, was from Crane River, which is next to Peguis First Nation, where my family is from. His mother comes from Sagkeeng and the well-known Fontaine family — the same background as my daughter. The former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Phil Fontaine, is his uncle.