From kitchen parties, to soirees, and holiday dances, Métis across the Homeland are known for their love of having a good time in the company of friends and family.  Once such “ball” was recorded at the Hudson Bay Company’s Michipicoten Post on October 9, 1849 by Indian Officer Thomas G. Anderson, who was travelling in the region in preparation for the forthcoming treaties with the Anishinaabe. In his diary, Anderson described the lively festivities that erupted between the M

Across the Homeland, Métis are well known and highly regarded for their deep generosity and warm hospitality to neighbours, visitors, and...

The Hudson Bay Company’s Michipicoten Post on Lake Superior was a strategically important fur trade hub, located halfway between Sault Ste. Marie and Fort William and along the Michipicoten River route to Moose Factory on James Bay. In addition to facilitating the lucrative flow of trade goods in numerous directions, Michipicoten became an important intersection point for numerous Métis family and trade networks along both the north-south and east-west travel routes on which

As R. v. Powley  worked its way through the courts, the Métis Nation—through the Métis National Council—collectively developed and...

During the landmark 2003 hearing of R. v. Powley  at the Supreme Court of Canada, the entire Métis Nation stood together alongside the...

The Métis Nation, its governments, and leaders have a long legacy of recognizing and uplifting the history and connection between the Upper Great Lakes Métis and broader Métis Nation, including the important historic Métis community at Sault Ste. Marie.  In its intervention to the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Powley , the Métis National Council advanced the unanimous recognition that Métis Nation governments from Ontario-westward held for the Sault Ste. Marie Métis commun