On July 7, 2004, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources made history together by signing the first-ever negotiated agreement recognizing Métis harvesting rights anywhere in the Métis homeland.  Known as the “Four Points Agreement,” the interim Harvesting Agreement emerged less than a year after the Supreme Court of Canada’s historic decision in R. v. Powley  (2003).  The Supreme Court’s unanimous Powley ruling made it clear: historic M

For generations, family fishing—including commercial fishing—has been an important component of the Upper Great Lakes’ Northern Lake...

The Métis Nation of Ontario’s 1994 Founding Delegates Assembly coincided with the unjust prosecution of numerous Métis harvesters,...

Throughout the Métis Nation of Ontario’s 1994 Founding Delegates Assembly, delegates debated and adopted numerous forward-thinking...

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

The Métis Nation of Ontario’s Founding Delegates Assembly was held from May 5 to 7, 1994 and included delegates from the seven historic...