Federal and prov. responsibility in the Métis settlements of Alberta-Fred Martin 1988.s Claims and Historical Research Centre-Indian women commonly lost their Indian status by marrying a white man. In Alb. her descendants were "Metis" for the purposes of the Metis Betterment Act. 
1938 Chapter 6 - An act respecting the Metis Population of the Province. - Metis Betterment Act.
The Indian Act , 1927 - A non-treaty Indian means any person of Indian blood who is reputed to belong to any irregular band, or who follows the Indian mode of life, even if such person is only a temporary resident in Canada
An irregular band means any tribe, band of body of persons of Indian blood who own no interest in any reserve or lands of which the legal title is vested in the Crown, who possess no common fund managed by the Government of Canada, and who have not had any treaty relations
with the Crown; / MicmacNews-1977-12- From the Native Women's Association of Canada. - Metis definition .
MicmacNews-1980-02.- 73 -74-75 - Native Council review - UNSI - Metis children of NonStatus.
The Other natives - the-les Metis- Publisher - Winnipeg-Manitoba Me´tis Federation Press- 1978 #Metis History - 1870 Metis was defined if you had European blood.
Rotten to the core - The Politics of the MMF - Sheila Jones Morrison - Metis he was concerned about were those having Indian Blood in their veins and living the normal life of a half-breed.
The Other natives- the-les Metis- Winnipeg-MMF Press-1978 Metis- the new Métis, those born, not only to the descendents of the early voyageurs nor to the children of the Selkirk settlers, but to all those of native blood.
MicmacNews-1979-06 - To the editor - I am a Metis from the West - Metis is blood of Indian and French or Indian and Scot - though the definition has widened- Charles McLean. - Pre - MNC #Metis
Powley Trial - does not require a minimum blood quantum.
Steven Powley's family descent. 1/64th Aboriginal descent, his son is 1/128 aboriginal ancestry.
Chartier's letter to Harper - warning that broadening the definition to include people from Eastern Canada could result in a huge surge in people claiming to be Metis. / Now wherever would Chartier get that idea?? If there were no Metis in Eastern Canada that he was aware of?
RCAP 432 - Clem Chartier - should allow people to evolve.
Chartier - founding of MNC (1983) began to crystallize the shift in Metis identity - not as off reserve mixed-bloods-but as a distinct people. Weird how the incorporation of a non-profit society can begin the process of crystallizing an identity.
- Jean Teillet's - Garbage Can Theory apparently does not line up with the The Metis Betterment Act in Alberta .. - Betting she thought she was just referring to the East. / canlii.org/en/ab/laws/ast…
Federal and provincial responsibility in the Métis settlements of Alberta - Fred Martin - 1988. 50 p - Claims and Historical Research Centre S.l4 - The descendants were Metis by virtue of their mixed blood and non-Indian status.
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