“our most precious heritage”

In response to the unjust prosecution of Métis harvesters, the Métis Nation of Ontario’s 1994 Founding Delegates Assembly adopted several resolutions to defend the exercise of inherent Métis harvesting rights and pursue negotiated harvesting agreements within the province.

At the same time, MNO’s Founding Delegates also adopted numerous shared Métis values intended to guide the Métis Nation of Ontario’s subsequent negotiations and legal rights recognition strategies. This included strong direction that:

“the Metis Nation of Ontario recognizes that the land and the natural resources which come from this land are our most precious heritage and form the lifeblood of all Aboriginal peoples”

This founding value remains enshrined within the Métis Nation of Ontario’s Harvesting Policy and Statement of Prime Purpose, which affirms that “We, the Métis are a people of the lands, which gave rise to our history and tradition and culture”, and establishes “protect[ing] and preserv[ing] the land and waters within our homelands for future generations” as one of the MNO’s foundational aims and objectives.

See Our Sources

• Record of Motions - MNO Founding Delegates Assembly

• MNO Statement of Prime Purpose

• MNO Harvesting Policy

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