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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.
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 .
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 ...
The Marlboro Metis Settlement is a former Metis settlement in Alberta, Canada, located within the boundaries of modern-day Yellowhead County.Established under the 1938 Metis Population Betterment Act as a relief measure for the province's impoverished Métis people, [3] the heavily timbered Marlboro settlement was found to contain no land suitable for agricultural purposes.
INAC lists the reserve in Alberta and the band headquartered in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories: Kapawe'no First Nation 150B [72] Kapawe'no: Woods Cree: Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council: 8: 29.6 73.1: 154: 115: 33.9%: Kapawe'no First Nation 150C [73] Kapawe'no: Woods Cree: Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council: 8: 21.0 51.9 ...
The Alberta Métis Federation (AMF) is an umbrella group founded in February 2020 represented by six local Métis communities in Alberta that had separated from the Métis Nation of Alberta (MNA). The AMF is a decentralized body led by the presidents of its member organizations, called "Metis community associations".