The Métis Nation of Ontario’s Founding Delegates Assembly took place from May 5 to 7, 1994 in Toronto. Throughout the Assembly, attending Métis leaders from the seven historic Métis communities in northern Ontario and Métis communities from the prairies debated and adopted numerous resolutions intended to inform the MNO’s future direction. This included unanimously adopting a mandate to negotiate Métis self-government with provincial and federal governments, as well as a fou

In 2004, the Métis Nation of Ontario signed a landmark interim Harvesting Agreement with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources—the first negotiated agreement of its kind signed by any Métis Government within the Métis Homeland. The Agreement recognized MNO’s Harvesting Policy on an interim basis and provided for the recognition of a maximum of 1,250 Harvesters Cards—as well as a pathway to remove the cap on the number of recognized MNO Harvester Cards in the future based

The Métis Nation of Ontario’s Founding Delegates Assembly was held from May 5 to 7, 1994, and included Founding Delegates from the seven historic Métis communities in northern Ontario as well as Métis with ancestral connections to more western parts of the Homeland who lived in Ontario at that time. Throughout the Assembly, Founding Delegates received several presentations, including those from leadership and their supporting legal counsel, and debated and passed numerous mot

The Métis Nation of Ontario’s Founding Delegates Assembly was held from May 5 to 7, 1994 at the 519 Church Street Community Centre in Toronto, following the announcement of MNO’s founding and inaugural Interim Board of Directors—the Provisional Council of the Métis Nation of Ontario—on October 20, 1993. The MNO’s Founding Delegates Assembly was attended by “Métis leaders from throughout Ontario”. Founding Delegates from the seven historic Métis communities in northern Ontario

From the moment the Métis Nation of Ontario was founded 1993 and articulated its guiding aspirations in its Statement of Prime Purpose, it has publicly asserted that the Métis Homeland extends westward “from the lakes and rivers of Ontario,” beyond those directly adjacent to the prairies in Northwestern Ontario. The MNO’s founding 1993 description of the Métis Homeland mirrored that of the broader Métis Nation, as represented by the Métis National Council—which the MNO had no

Despite the Métis Nation of Ontario’s longstanding public assertions related to seven historic rights-bearing Métis Nation communities in northern Ontario, the recently coined, “notion of ‘new historic communities’ has been used as a weapon against the MNO by those who disagree that these communities might be a part of the larger Métis Nation or, moreover, oppose Métis rights assertions in the province of Ontario.” In its Final Report, the Métis National Council Expert Panel