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Penetanguishene’s Longlade Family
The Longlade (Langlade) family was among Penetanguishene’s founding Métis families who relocated from Drummond Island alongside other...


Upper Great Lakes Connectors: Boissonneau
Upper Great Lakes Métis settlements, like those in Sault Ste. Marie and Penetanguishene share deep enduring connections, including unbroken kinship, political, economic, and cultural ties—with many Métis families flowing between Upper Great Lakes Métis settlements across generations. The prominent Métis Boissonneau (Boissoneau or Boissineault) family, most often closely associated with the historic Sault Ste. Marie Métis Community’s traditional Métis River Lots, is one such U


The Turners: A Métis Family
The Turner family, originally of Moose Factory, in what is now Ontario, lived and travelled across vast stretches of the historic fur...


A Very Special Mother’s Day
Every Mother’s Day, Métis families and communities across the Homeland take time to honour and celebrate the Métis matriarchs in their...


“No… definition will be imposed”
In the years leading up to the landmark Métis rights case, R. v. Powley , being heard by the Supreme Court of Canada, the Métis...


“from the lakes and rivers of Ontario”
From the moment the Métis Nation of Ontario was founded 1993 and articulated its guiding aspirations in its Statement of Prime Purpose,...
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