He served as a member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1975 until 1976.
He won the new electoral district of Mackenzie Great Bear.
Barnaby would resign his seat a year later with fellow member James Wah-Shee in protest of the Northwest Territories government ignoring Dene issues.
[1] Barnaby is a member of Fort Good Hope First Nation.
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