[1] In the 1971, Wah-Shee became the fourth President of the Indian Brotherhood of the Northwest Territories, first established in 1969, which would later become the Dene Nation.
George Erasmus, who was leading a boycott on Dene running in the territorial elections at the time, replaced him.
After being elected to his first term, Wah-Shee quickly resigned with fellow Member George Barnaby over the lack of attention to Dene issues being focused on in the Legislature.
The Northwest Territories government responded by creating the Department of Natural and Cultural Affairs to focus on aboriginal issues.
Wah-Shee attempted to win a seat again in the 1999 Northwest Territories general election but was defeated by Leon Lafferty in a tight eight-way race.