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Canada’s Broken River Lot Promises to the Sault Métis Community
In the autumn of 1850, government-appointed Treaty Commissioner William B. Robinson, made a promise on behalf of the Crown that the lands...


Mica Bay Pt. 3: A Lasting Legacy
The Mica Bay Incident of November 1849 ended quickly and without bloodshed. Although the Métis and First Nations warriors had quickly...


Métis Fishing at Sault Ste. Marie
Subsistence and commercial fishing are enduring cornerstones of the Métis way of life and economy in Sault Ste. Marie, that were grounded...


Métis Nation Recognition of the Sault Ste. Marie Métis Community
Most people are aware of the Sault Ste. Marie Métis Community’s deep and rich history. But did you know that it has also been recognized...


A Common Métis Way of Life: River Lots
The Métis are connected by far more than discrete and singular moments of collective political action, like the Battle of Seven Oaks that...


“federal policies… deprived Métis people”
In an effort to expand its territorial boundaries following Confederation, Canada implemented a series of formal and informal policies...
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