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Nolin Family Pt. 1: Upper Great Lakes Origins
The legacy of the prominent Métis Nolin family began with the marriage of Jean Baptiste Nolin, a French-Canadian fur trader, and Marie...


Sayer Family Pt. 3: Resilience and Independence
The merger of the North West Company and Hudson’s Bay Company in 1821 marked a turning point in the fur trade. For Métis fur trade...


Sayer Family Pt. 2: A Fur Trading Family
As Métis boys who grew up learning from their fur trader father in the vibrant fur trading posts of the Upper Great Lakes, Henry, Pierre...


Sayer Family Pt. 1: Upper Great Lakes Roots
Growing up in the heart of the historic fur trade, the Sayer brothers—Henry, Pierre Guillaume, and John Charles—were part the emergent...


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...
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