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Métis people in Canada are specific cultural communities who trace their descent to First Nations and European settlers, [40] primarily the French, in the early decades of the colonization of Canada. Métis peoples are recognized as one of Canada's Indigenous peoples under the Constitution Act of 1982, along with First Nations and Inuit.
Thomas McKay, was a Metis farmer and political figure who was the first mayor of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan; John Norquay, Métis politician, Premier of Manitoba from 1878 to 1887; Malcolm Norris, Métis politician, activist, and leader. Norris was a founder and the first vice-president of the first Alberta Métis organization (1932) called ...
Indigenous political organizations throughout Canada vary in political standing, viewpoints, and reasons for forming. [160] First Nations, Métis and Inuit negotiate with the Government of Canada through Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada in all affairs concerning land, entitlement, and rights. [159]
The Métis as of 2013 predominantly speak English, with French a strong second language, as well as numerous Aboriginal tongues. Métis French is best preserved in Canada, Michif in the United States, notably in the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation of North Dakota, where Michif is the official language of the Métis that reside on this ...
The Canadian Métis Council was established in 1997 to further the economic, political, spiritual and cultural aspirations of Canada's Métis people. [citation needed] The Canadian Métis Council comprises over 50 community councils and affiliate Métis organizations in every province of Canada.
The Métis communities represented by the MNO constitute one of the Métis collectives that collectively comprise the Métis Nation, an Indigenous People that emerged with its own distinct identity, language, culture, institutions, and way of life in the Historic Métis Nation Homeland prior to Canada’s westward expansion into the historic ...
The Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians was a title and role in the Canadian Cabinet that provided a liaison (or, interlocutor) for the federal Canadian government, and its various departments, to Métis and non-status Aboriginal peoples (many of whom live in rural areas), and other off-reserve (e.g., urban) Aboriginal groups.
Aboriginal peoples in Canada are defined in the Constitution Act, 1982 as Indians, Inuit and Métis.Prior to the acquisition of the land by European empires or the Canadian state after 1867, First Nations (Indian), Inuit, and Métis peoples had a wide variety of polities within their countries, from band societies, to tribal chiefdoms, multinational confederacies, to representative democracies ...