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Pee Dee Indian Nation of Beaver Creek, Neeses, SC, a state-recognized group, but not a state-recognized tribe [154] Pine Hill Indian Community Development Initiative, [155] North, SC, state-recognized special interest organization, but not state-recognized tribe [154] Unrecognized organizations include: American Indian Center of South Carolina ...
Between 1795 and 1815, a network of Métis settlements and trading posts was established throughout what is now the US states of Michigan and to a lesser extent in Illinois and Indiana. A Metis family poses with their Red River carts in a field in western North Dakota. (1883) State Historical Society of North Dakota (A4365)
A Half-Breed Tract was a segment of land designated in the western states by the United States government in the 19th century specifically for Métis of American Indian and European or European-American ancestry, at the time commonly known as half-breeds.
Saint George is an unincorporated community in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. It was one of several populated places in the area settled largely by Metis and French Canadians in the 1840s. [2]
Metis or Métis, meaning "mixed" in French, may refer to: Ethnic groups. Métis, recognized Indigenous communities in Canada and the United States whose distinct ...
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 Center Square) – Citing ballooning taxpayer costs and public safety concerns, some Illinois lawmakers are calling for an end to the state’s sanctuary policies. Illinois has received about ...
The 33 delegates elected from Illinois' 15 counties met in a tavern in Kaskaskia, the territorial capital on the first Monday in August 1818. Before the month was out, they had produced the Illinois Constitution of 1818. The convention's work paved the way for statehood and governed the law of Illinois for the state's first 30 years.