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The Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF) is a federally recognized Métis government. Its current president is David Chartrand . In September of 2021, the MMF withdrew from the Métis National Council , due to that organization's failure to uphold the 2002 nationally accepted definition of Métis .
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In 2020, six local of the MNA voted to leave the MNA and start a new body called the Alberta Metis Federation. [7] This was at the same time that the MNA was in a dispute with the Manitoba Metis Federation. [8] In 2021 the MNA sued the province for breaking off negotiations over a Metis Consultation Policy (MCP).
The Elizabeth settlement is one of the ten Metis settlements that were created in 1939 thanks to the Metis Betterment Act of 1938. [4] These settlements were established for the Metis individuals living in the province of Manitoba who were left without a land base after the 1871 census. [7]
The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) (formerly the Native Council of Canada and briefly the Indigenous Peoples Assembly of Canada), founded in 1971, is a national Canadian aboriginal organization that represents Aboriginal peoples (Non-Status and Status Indians, Métis, and Southern Inuit) who live off Indian reserves in either urban or rural areas across Canada. [1]
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 ...
The first Metis politicians elected to the House of Commons were Pierre Delorme and Angus McKay, elected as Conservative party MPs in 1871. The very first First Nations parliamentarian is Leonard Marchand. There have been 46 Indigenous persons who have served as Members of Parliament, as well as 21 who have been named Senators.
Pages in category "Manitoba Métis Federation people" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.