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Due to being resettled so many times, the Métis on the Peavine Metis Settlement were not very connected to that land compared to their ancestors. [11] 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.
Alberta itself is home to eight Métis Settlements established by provincial legislation; many Métis Settlement members are also registered MNA citizens, but many are not. The Metis Settlements are the only secure Métis land base in Canada, resulting in Alberta having the largest population of declared Métis of any Canadian province.
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.
Elizabeth Métis Settlement is a Métis settlement in central Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87. [3] It was founded in 1939 after the introduction of the Metis Betterment Act. [4] It is located approximately 20 km (12 mi) east of Highway 897 and 39 km (24 mi) south of Cold Lake and comprises 25,641 hectares of ...
The Métis Population Betterment Act was a 1938 act of the Alberta Legislature in Canada that created a committee of members of the Métis and the government to plot out lands for allocation to the Métis. Twelve areas were mapped out for this purpose, with the idea of creating ongoing cooperation between the Métis and Crown representatives ...
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 ...
Alberta's eight Metis settlements had a cumulative population of 4,238 in the 2021 Census of Population. [ 31 ] [ 41 ] The province's largest and smallest Metis settlements by population are Kikino and East Prairie with 978 and 310 respectively, while the largest and smallest by land area are Paddle Prairie and Elizabeth at 1,726.45 km 2 (666. ...
The Wolf Lake Metis Settlement is a former Métis settlement in Alberta, Canada, located within the boundaries of the modern-day Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87 and Lac La Biche County. Established under the 1938 Metis Population Betterment Act as a relief measure for the province's impoverished Métis people, [ 4 ] the wooded Wolf Lake ...