"Maybe," Bellegarde said Thursday in an interview with The Canadian Press.
Bellegarde, who is not seeking re-election as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations next July, said he has not been formally approached by "any person in decision-making authority" regarding the job and that he is focused on his current one till it's done.
That out of the way, Bellegarde expressed enthusiasm for the idea of having a First Nations person named to be the Queen's representative in Canada — a post suddenly vacated last week when Payette stepped down over a scathing review of the work environment she presided over at Rideau Hall.