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“The new shoots… from Mother Earth”
Métis in the Upper Great Lakes, like others across the Métis Homeland, were given and hold unique names for themselves, recognizing their...


MNC’s Charlottetown Accord Map
With only one exception, every Métis Nation Homeland map produced and used by the Métis National Council since its 1983 founding has...


Métis Mail Carriers: A Special Seasonal Colouring Page
DOWNLOAD THE DIGITAL COLOURING PAGE TO PRINT AT HOME Long ago, before Canada Post, Métis mail carriers like Louis Miron and Michel...


Unity in Resistance Across the Métis Homeland
From the earliest days of the Métis Nation, Métis communities and their leaders have recognized the value of maintaining a unified voice...


The “Métis Trifecta” Begins in Ontario
Following the historic 2003 Powley decision, which centred on the Sault Ste. Marie Métis community’s harvestings rights, Métis...


What is the Powley Test for Métis Rights?
After the unanimous decision in the Powley case that Steve and Roddy Powley were exercising their Métis right to hunt that is protected under s. 35 of the Constitution, there became a need to identify which people were, in fact, Métis for the purposes of Constitutional rights protection in Canada. The Supreme Court determined that the appropriate way to define Métis rights in s. 35 is to modify the existing legal test used to define the Aboriginal rights of Indians [sic.
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