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The Indian Register is the official record of people registered under the Indian Act in Canada, called status Indians or registered Indians. [nb 1] People registered under the Indian Act have rights and benefits that are not granted to other First Nations people, Inuit, or Métis, the chief benefits of which include the granting of reserves and of rights associated with them, an extended ...
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 .
On April 13, 2017, the two parties signed the Canada-Métis Nation Accord, with the goal of working with the Métis Nation, as represented by the Métis National Council, on a Nation to Nation basis. [64] In response to the Powley decision, Métis organizations are issuing Métis Nation citizenship cards to their members.
[citation needed] The Canadian Métis Council comprises over 50 community councils and affiliate Métis organizations in every province of Canada. [ citation needed ] Governed by a board of directors, the Canadian Métis Council is a non-profit corporation concerned with cultural issues, harvesting rights, education, health, youth, justice and ...
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).
Road allowance communities were settlements established by Métis people in Canada in the late 1800s through most of the 20th century on road allowances at the margins of settler society. Road allowances are frequently unused portions of land established by the Dominion Land Survey for road and rail access to settlements.
One source of recent tension between provincial organizations is a disagreement over who is considered Métis. [2] In particular, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) has granted memberships to people from four disputed communities—Mattawa, Georgian Bay, Killarney, and Temiskaming, claiming these groups consist of Métis people, and not simply regions inhabited by First Nations individuals and ...
In addition to assisting in the development of other Métis and Non-Status organizations throughout Canada, helped create a national voice for Canada's Métis and Non-Status Indian people. As well, in 1973, Belcourt successfully lobbied the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to put into place the "Rural and Native Housing Program"—a ...