@OttawaMorning @CBCIndigenous On the issue of if there are #EasternMetis twitter.com/i/events/98959… MNC is a nationalist movement who are trying to use their money and voice to politically influence others into believing they are the only Metis.
MicmacNews-1973-03.- Constitution and By-Laws Union of Nova Scotia Indians - sec 3.12 Metis. When @willgoodon suggests you ask the Mi'kmaw if there are Metis they will say no because they have an MOU with MNC 
However, the Eastern Metis have been in their bylaws and constitutions of the Union of Nova Scotia Indians almost since their incorporation date, in 1975 they got their own core funding and were the Metis and NonStatus Indian Association of Nova scotia.
LAC - metis circle special consultation.
Windspeaker-8-may-1994 frank palmater - Metis Circle wraps up hearings - Eastern Metis.
Windspeaker-8-may-1994 -- The government and the MNC do not want to recognize us. But the proof is there and they can not erase us.
Metis social- political movement-by Lusty, Terry,-1973- publisher - Calgary - Metis Historical Society -inside cover.
Metis social-political movement-by Lusty, Terry,1973- publisher- Calgary Metis Historical Society-Metis Associations- UNSI. - look who the publisher is ?
If that isn't compelling enough, maybe look to the Supreme Court of Canada to the Daniels case and decision .. Section 17
Micmac News June 1979 - NO THREAT TO COUNCIL - President Viola Robinson says 75 percent of its membership is Metis because all children of a non-status Indian woman are classified as Metis.
MicmacNews-1977-07 - The Non Status Indian and Metis Association of Nova Scotia has changed its name to the Native Council of Nova Scotia - Viola Robinson - President of the Council - Harry Daniels.
Métis Circle Special Consultation- Viola Robinson , asking if the Metis Nation Accord would be a vehicle that the Metis in the East could use. - RCAP report
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