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

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

Located at the halfway point between Fort William and Sault Ste. Marie—and on a natural water route to Moose Factory—Michipicoten was a...

In response to the unjust prosecution of Métis harvesters, the Métis Nation of Ontario’s 1994 Founding Delegates Assembly adopted several...

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

The Métis Nation of Ontario’s Founding Delegates Assembly took place from May 5 to 7, 1994 in Toronto. Throughout the Assembly,...