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“no legal reason” to Exclude Moose Factory’s Métis
While Treaty 9 was being negotiated in 1905, Métis in Moose Factory organized and petitioned the government for “that scrip has been...


“born and brought up in the country”
In September, 1905, Métis in Moose Factory petitioned the Government of Ontario for “that scrip has been granted to the Halfbreeds of the...


1822 Turner Sibling Baptisms
On June 30, 1822, Métis siblings, Philip, Joseph Jr., and Elizabeth Turner were baptised together into the Anglican Church at the...


The 1840 Penetanguishene Petition
In the late 1830s, the Crown began excluding “Halfbreeds” from annual present-giving—a longstanding pre-treaty practice used to maintain...


The 1893 Fort Albany Métis Petition
In 1893, Métis living at Fort Albany on James Bay petitioned Parliament “to consider favourably the claims of the Half-breeds of that...


Dusome Family Fishing and Resistance
Though originally from the Red River region, the Métis Dusome family relocated to the Upper Great Lakes region by the early 1830s, first...
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