Are you saying he had no Indigenous identity or he was not part of the Metis Nation? @metisprof 
Martin identified as a Metis .. I do not know his history or story well but I am consulting with people who knew him personally.
From Martin's FB , he has passed but that sounds like self-identification to me?
and regardless of whether Martin has an Indigenous Identity you agree with personally or not, let's not lose track of what we were discussing and that is the fact, that one does not need to be part of the Metis Nation to be Metis. Which is what the original post was about. The
2 National Organizations in Canada who have a mandate to represent the Metis peoples of Canada. MNC and CAP/NCC.
@metisprof I know tone is hard to convey online and I hope you will reply as I am genuinely curious as what you mean by "substantial claim to an Indigenous identity."
I see you are a member of the MMF and this book was published by Manitoba Metis Federation. It says all 3 groups eventually assimilated into society. I am still not sure what you mean but that does not sound like "substantial claim to an Indigenous identity," to me. If we are
using the same measuring stick to be honest and fair./ "The Métis in Manitoba - by Jean Lagasse- MHS Transactions, Series 3, 1958-59 Season-Manitoba Historical Society-Indian Mothers of Eastern Canada were the first women to have given birth to Metis children on Canadian soil."
"The Métis in Manitoba - by Jean Lagasse- MHS Transactions, Series 3, 1958-59 Season - Manitoba Historical Society - less than one percent said they would answer -Metis- to a question about their nationality." - again, what are we measuring substantial against?
Just a few years after Mr Legasse, did his gov survey- Rotten to the core-The Politics of the MMF-Sheila Jones Morrison ©1995-In 1969 MMF represented only the 20 people who had created it .
Rotten to the core - The Politics of the MMF - Sheila Jones Morrison ©1995 - Michif French was kept alive by in St Boniface by the Metis who identified themselves publicly as French-Canadians. -- "substantial claim to an Indigenous identity."?
Howard Adams - identified as white. - "substantial claim to an Indigenous identity." ??
What it is to be Metis - Rose Bortolon - I said I was French, there was no prejudice against me. -- She identified as a French person -- You see how I can go on and on, who is the person who gets to make the call on what a "substantial claim to an Indigenous identity." is?
Personally I would think it would be their own community. / Steven Powley's and Roddy's self-identity as Metis people. The respondents gave no evidence as to their way of life, family customs and traditions, or interaction with other persons and families in Sault Ste Marie and
vicinity who identify as Metis. -- "substantial claim to an Indigenous identity."? -- Why I guess it must have been because Sault St Marie is now recognized as a Historical Metis Community. Did you celebrate that decision?
How come no one ever answers my questions ?
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