The Indigenous scholarship brouhaha looks like it could be the latest in an sad trend of people self-identifying as Indigenous in order to reap the benefits meant for historically persecuted and marginalized people. thepostmillennial.com/metis-activist… Oh my Where do we begin .
First off - "Without any identifiable outward appearance of being Indigenous " -- What in the hell is this even supposed to mean? There are blond, blue eyed status First Nations no one would dare to utter bullshit like that .. @TPostMillennial
What kind of bigoted statement is that ? .. This is right from MNC themselves. /Rotten To The Core- The MNC said the Metis were impossible to define anyway. We defy definitions of race-Our blood can be many origins. 
Rotten to the core - The Politics of the MMF - Sheila Jones Morrison ©1995 - cover.
"Right away, it should have been suspicious to the NSGEU that Whynacht claimed to be Metis because Metis people are from the midwest of Canada, not the Maritimes. " - Not sure how educated the person who wrote this is on Metis issues but this is a flat out lie.
Daniels case - From the Supreme Court of Canada - you might want to take notice of section 17 - There is no need to delineate which mixed-ancestry communities are Metis and which are non-Status - they are all aboriginal people.
Just because you are not familiar with other Aboriginal people or "The Other Metis" people who are in the RCAP reports, did you even research for this article at all ? MNC represents Metis in the West and Congress of Aboriginal People represent Eastern Metis. They both are
national organizations and they both have an accord with the Canadian Gov. www.newswire.ca-2019-11-15-Canada and the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples Sign Political Accord - 2018.
CAPBilAgr2005 - Accord CAP 2005. - You will notice the Metis affiliates.
Micmac News 1975 - constitution and bylaws - Metis in Nova Scotia in section 3.12 Union of Nova Scotia Indian bylaws.
Union of Nova Scotia Indian Society Act.
union UNSI supports Metis and Non Status Land Claims - 1980 07 Micmac News - Union of Nova Scotia Indians.
Markie makes music- Sheet Harbour, NovaScotia- Markie describes his -Status- as Metis.- MicmacNews September 1979.
All My Relations - The Other Metis - A discussion paper by Martin F Dunn 5.png
Métis Circle Special Consultation, Ottawa, ON 94-04-05 - rcap-432.png
rcap 432 - Frank Palmater - I am a Metis. I always have been and I always will be, that is self-identification
Dunn-Martin-The-Other-Metis-A201701143_-Freedom Of Information Request- The Royal Commission on Aboriginal People 1984 All my relations the other Metis- for the Metis Circle Special Consultation- Terms for Sang Mele populations.
RCAP 8 - Metis in Nova Scotia.
The People Who Own Themselves - Recognition of Metis Identity in Canada - Senate - YC28-0-411-12 - David Chartrand - families will eventually reclaim their Metis identity , as generations lose their status under the Indian Act over time.
Metis Identity - RRCAP 4.5 - it's not what you look like on the outside, it's how you carry yourself around on the inside that is important.
The Metis in SouthWestern Nova Scotia - William Wicken - Oct 2004.- William Wicken the expert court witness for the Mi'kmaw in the Marshall case./The Metis in SouthWestern Nova Scotia-William Wicken Oct 2004- Mirligueche (Lunenburg) where a distinct metis community had emerged...
Janet Chute - Expert witness for the Mi'kmaw in the Marshall case- A Good Day On The Aboiteau 2004 - study of the Acadian-metis of Eel Brook and Quinan area.
Janet Chute - A Good Day On The Aboiteau 2004 - study of the Acadian-metis of Eel Brook and Quinan area- preparing a report on the Acadian-metis of the Municipality of Argyle.
"t’s odd that when presented with someone that does not appear overly Indigenous the NSGEU would hand her the award without any proper vetting of her heritage." Wow Wow - so when aboriginal Metis people join associations to get Metis identification, they get called all sorts of
derisive names, but apparently they can be expected to be carded at any moment and offer up their pedigree like a prize dog or horse? Where the hell do you think you get off ? She didn't have to answer your organization, who the hell do you think you are ? The identity police??
The person who wrote this article needs some major sensitivity training, Metis is a complicated subject, there are many many definitions of Metis, they do not mean the same thing in different places and it is very disingenuous to try and conflate the issues in this way. There is
NO federal Metis definition because it has been used in so many different ways by society and the gov that they can not go back and re-write history. /Defining Metis - categories constructed by Missionaries and the Canadian State -Metis, NonStatus- who appropriated them to
classify and govern indigenous people.
The People Who Own Themselves - Recognition of Metis Identity in Canada - Senate - YC28-0-411-12 - Identity and Definition.- Eastern Canada.
" Powley, that outlined five specific steps to identify as Metis. Those steps include aligning with the only officially recognized provincial Metis affiliates under the umbrella of the Metis National Council (MNC)."
Powley section 30 - we do not purport, to set down a comprehensive definition of who is Metis for the purpose of asserting a claim under s35. - Indicates the important components of a future definition. - Powley does not define or Identify Metis people , Powley seeks to find a
way to Identify Metis who have section 35 rights. The Daniels decision specifically says there is more than one Metis, which Robyn loves to leave out. Part 17 Daniels - no consensus on who is metis . No one exclusive Metis People in Canada. Oh look and it mentions a Maritime
Metis community - La Have
Robyn and Darryl love to point fingers at Eastern Metis who do not know their whole stories yet, seem to take gleeful joy in colonialism. That should speak volumes in itself. Bit in case it doesn't , let me point out that there are lot's of Western Metis who are still looking
for their families story for whatever reason it has been lost. /Senate - 23 issue - Randall Ranville, Genealogist, Metis Cultural and Heritage Resource Centre Inc. - a lot of folks did not know they were Metis, they find out at a funeral or a wedding.
Randy Ranville - 23rd Issue Senate Report - Canada. - Metis i identify using genealogy are all amazed and come back to the library at the resource centre and come and study more who their families are .. How come we never hear these western stories ! Robyn or Darryl ..
148861.Worsley13.pdf - AMNSIS - explains who we are NonStatus or Metis -LETTERS AND MINUTES, ROCANVILLE LOCAL #135, 1980S.
Editorial - Who am I - New Breed - January 1984.
Who am I - New Breed FEBRUARY-MARCH 1983.
Well Robyn , it would seem that is not just the Eastern Metis groups who do this but you just concentrate on them.
misuse of Indian Status cards . - So we if we are gonna go after one group , let's make sure we go after them all ..
Provincial gov., to crack down on illegal use of treaty cards - MicmacNews-1973-06..
MicmacNews-1971-04 - Editorial - some people have been using the Unions Membership Cards, Not all stores will accept or recognize these, My advice if they don't, go to another store, there's always someone who will want your money.
I want to know specifically what standards he is referring to ? and that is pretty rich coming from someone who does not adhere and use the research ethics established for Aboriginal Communities to start demanding anything.
Dwight Dorey - president of the Native Council of Canada does not agree with the MNC's Metis definition. NCC got Metis into the constitution in 1982 - MNC split off to form their own group in 1983. Were incorporated in 1984.
federal corp mnc 1984
Constitutional meeting not a complete failure - mnc definition not approved by NCC March 1984 - New Breed Magazine.
And last but not least the McCargar VS MNA case has already established that the MNC does not speak for all Metis communities. It is neither governmental nor sovereign . It can speak for it's own members not Metis Comunities as a whole. It is a registered non profit society.
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@threadreaderapp Another point I would like to make about this "article" is that Metis are not under the Indian Act, Darryl Leroux and Robyn Lawson need to understand what that means. It seems those "lax standards" he mentions, means he wants them to be. With no federal definition, the closest
legal definition of Metis is the Alberta Metis Settlement Act,
Federal and provincial responsibility in the Métis settlements of Alberta - Fred Martin -1988.s- Claims and Historical Research Centre S.l4 -Indian woman commonly lost her Indian status by marrying a white man. Il Alberta her descendent.
@threadreaderapp Powley has rejected the blood quota argument. There is NO blood quantum needed to self identify as a Metis person./ Steven Powley's blood quantum in Powley.
Powley Case Section 32 - blood quantum - we would NOT require a minimum blood quantum.
@threadreaderapp Darryl and Robyn wanna be Indian Agents - Canada does not need to keep going down this dark road. cbc.ca/news/indigenou…
