[6] Brass, a provincial official working on employment and housing issues,[2][7][8] was the first woman to serve as secretary-treasurer of the Association of Indians of Saskatchewan, when she assumed that post in 1944.

[2] She helped to set up Native Friendship Centres in cities, to welcome First Nations young people to transition from rural to urban life.

[1] In retirement, she was director of the Peace River Friendship Centre,[9] and wrote a monthly column, "Eleanor's North", for Alberta Native Communication.

[11] In 2021, a new edition of her first book was published, with new illustrations by Aleigha Agecoutay, and a new title, under the supervision of her niece, Patricia Dieter-McArthur.

[12] Dieter married fellow Peepeekisis Cree Nation member Alexander Hector Brass in 1925.