Steven Bonspille (Mohawk) is a political leader; he was Grand Chief (2005–2008) of the Kanesatake community located northwest of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Formerly chiefs were selected by clan mothers as part of a traditional, hereditary system based in matrilineal kinship.
Journalist Benoit Aubin has observed that there are strains of ethnic tension among people in the community.
Most importantly, they opposed his having hired private police forces (with funding from Ottawa) for a drug raid to be conducted in the community in January 2004.
Grand Chief Gabriel left the community for his safety after his house and car were burned.