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The Fort Macy Metis has also challenged this agreement on the basis that the agreement "adopts and deploys the term 'Métis Nation within Alberta' in order to assert a province-wide geographical scope of the MNA’s self-government that will, or has the potential to, subsume and/or supplant rights-bearing Métis Communities.” [12]
The Alberta Federation of Metis Settlements, now Metis Settlements of Alberta, was formed in 1975 as the umbrella organization to unite all eight settlement councils. Different Métis groups attempted to combine the joint influences of the Manitoba Métis Federation, the Métis Nation of Alberta, and Métis Nation Saskatchewan.
Alberta is the only Canadian province with a recognized Métis land base: the eight Métis settlements, with a population of approximately 5,000 people on 1.25 million acres (5,100 km 2) [12] and the newer Metis lands near Fort McKay, purchased from the Government of Alberta in 2017. [13]
Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement is a Metis settlement in northern Alberta, Canada along the northern boundary of the County of Northern Lights. [4] It is located along the Mackenzie Highway (Highway 35), approximately 72 km (45 mi) south of the Town of High Level. Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement is the largest of eight Metis Settlements in the ...
Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement is a Metis settlement in northern Alberta, Canada within Smoky Lake County. [3] It is located along Highway 855 , approximately 125 km (78 mi) northeast of Edmonton .
Audrey Mae Poitras (née Audrey Mae Dumont; born 1950) [1] is a Canadian politician who served as president of the Métis Nation of Alberta from 1996 to 2023. [2] Poitras is the first female to serve as president.
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 ...
Pages in category "Métis Nation of Alberta people" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Don Scott (Alberta politician) V. Chelsea Vowel