Mica Bay Pt. 4: Excluded from Treaty
After years of disrespect and colonial intrusion, the collective Métis and Anishinaabe action at Mica Bay in November 1849 succeeded in...
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Mica Bay Pt. 2: Collective Action
In 1849, tensions around Sault Ste. Marie escalated when the Quebec Mining Company began operations in the Upper Great Lakes without...
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“An inheritance in the country equal to our own”
The Métis and Anishinaabe communities of Sault Ste. Marie have been long-time allies. Perhaps the most notable example of allyship...
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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...
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Métis Political Independence in Sault Ste. Marie
In the 1840s, ahead of the Robinson Treaty negotiations, the Crown sent a land surveyor to lay out a town plot in Sault Ste. Marie. In...
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Respect and Allyship in Sault Ste. Marie
For almost two centuries, the Sault Ste. Marie Métis Community utilized their own Métis governance, decision-making, and land tenure...
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