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

On June 23, 1880, Métis and First Nations in northern Lake Superior submitted a petition as the “Indians and half breeds of the Pic...

On May 27, 1893, Joshua Biron, an elderly member of the historic Sault Ste. Marie Métis Community, provided an official statement to...

In 2004, the Métis Nation of Ontario signed a landmark interim Harvesting Agreement with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources—the...

For generations, historic Métis communities in what is now Ontario saw themselves as distinct from First Nations with whom they shared...

Throughout history, Métis have been known by many different names across the Homeland, many attributed to specific Métis communities or...