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The Métis National Council (French: Ralliement national des Métis) is a representative body of the Métis people of northwestern Canada.The MNC represented the Métis Nation both nationally and internationally, receiving direction from the elected leadership of the Métis Nation's provincial-level governments.
Establishment of Manitoba Metis Federation, Inc. 1967; 57 years ago () Signing and ratification of Manitoba Métis Self-Government Recognition and Implementation Agreement: July 6, 2021; 3 years ago () Government Headquarters: Winnipeg: Government
The National Council also raised concerns that 90% of the purported Métis who have registered with the Ontario group did not fulfill the requirements of citizenship put in place by the Council in 2002, notably the requirement for an ancestral link to the Métis homelands and the Red River area specifically. [27] [28]
The Canadian Métis Council was established in 1997 to further the economic, political, spiritual and cultural aspirations of Canada's Métis people. [ citation needed ] The Canadian Métis Council comprises over 50 community councils and affiliate Métis organizations in every province of Canada.
Métis Nation—Saskatchewan was a founding member of the Métis National Council (MNC), a representative body of Métis governments in multiple provinces. In September 2024, MN—S left the Council, primarily due to conflicts with the MNC's continued admittance of the Métis Nation of Ontario. [57] [58]
The Native Council of Canada was founded in 1971 as a pan-Indigenous umbrella group that included member organizations that represented all off-reserve First Nations as well as the Métis. In 1983, many of its Western Metis members split off to form the Métis National Council.
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 ...