Thread by @malone_j71

The Unsaid of the Grand Dérangement - KATIE MACLEOD

"Yet histories of the grand derangement have
emphasized continuity, persistence, ...." That is who we are as a people.

"Faragher notes that relationships between Acadians and Mi'kmaq were sustained through intermarriage and common religion."
"As a result ethnic identities in this pre-deportation period became increasingly complicated around strategies of alliance."

"... the colonial administration attempted to place Mi’kmaq and Acadians into two distinct groups that would allow them to follow certain political,
cultural, and economic development strategies ..."

bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pag… -- this government site which provides a link to every other census other than the French - Mi'kmaw Census of Cap Sable, le Have .. 🤔"Transcript available on-site, not on microfilm" -- Weird Gov of Canada. 😠

Enquiring minds would really love to know why this one particular census is not available the same as the rest? Anywho, To show more how complicated the identities were, My 7 great grandfather Joseph D'azit Mius, Full brother to Mathew d'Azit Mius and 1/2 brother Francois Mius

(even though Mi'kmaw never used those terms, #allmyrelations, Darryl seems to really want to drive that point home for some reason? 😂) Totally nonsensical as family was family who lived with the tribe in those days. None of this cutting away family ties because there are too

many family descendants/heirs. Now we have a backtracking letter going on. Lets explore that a bit deeper shall we .. About the first highlighted paragraph, about Metis (French European Mixed Indigenous blood) and English Half-Breeds (English European mixed Indigenous blood) he

fully describes the communities at Red River. They were not a homogenous community in identity's. I would also like to know how he explains his terms to the Indochina French Metis population which formed in the 1600's as Indische Mestizo's? Which Geneva very clearly told MNC

they would need a different term than "Metis" in their legal name as that name was already used by the Spanish Mixed Indians in Southern America.

Is Mr Paul going to attempt to speak for all French Indigenous Metis/Mestizo communities, or is he only taking the liberty for Eastern Acadian Metis? Who or what authority is that based on?

@2nd paragraph of Mr Pauls letter I will deal with.

First let's establish who Mr Paul is. " the founding Executive Director of the Confederacy of Mainland Micmacs (CMM) "

MicmacNews-1975-02 - Two major meetings to be held this month in Yarmouth - Chiefs from 12 bands suspended the powers of UNSI executives , elected officers of UNSI. Change may be made to the constitution - AMNSI. "Changes may be made in the constitution of the Union depending on

the outcome of the Union depending on the outcome of a conference to be held two weeks earlier when non-status Indians and Metis will decide whether or not to form their own organization divorced from UNSI. Mr Paul, you as political as you are, are unaware of these Metis in

Nova Scotia? /"9th General Assembly - Union of NS Indians - Halifax NS February 1978-MicmacNews-1978-02-Metis in UNSI Bylaws." "MicmacNews-1973-03.- Constitution and By-Laws Union of Nova Scotia Indians -Metis." "1975 -constitution and bylaws - Metis in Nova Scotia"

MicmacNews-1971-02 - Here and There - Development of UNSI ( Union of Nova Scotia Indians ) March 1969.

"bylaws Union of Nova Scotia Indians - Micmac News 1973 -03 - Membership in UNSI." "Mal i Mic news July 1973 - UNSI - represents everyone regardless of status." -- keep in mind in 1973, regardless of STATUS, when Metis and NonStatus were represented equally.

FSI Chief accuses Metis of deliberate interference - Kainai News (November 1, 1971). "Many of the Metis people are our relatives" -- hear that Mr Paul ??

Constitutional changes- Micmac News 1980 - 06 - Metis is now not an Indian. -- Did you miss all this history as an Elder and a Historian Mr Paul?

Volume 17 Issue 2 February - March 1975- Indian News - Native Women confront UNSI Board - Mr. Denny suggested that the Metis and Non-Status Indians set up their own organization. - Mr Denny seemed to be aware of the Metis population in Nova Scotia?

Native women most discriminated in Canada - 05189.vol15-no2 Feb 1984 New Breed- No one can tell me I am different, a white or a Metis.

Were you unaware of the Native Women's problems Mr Paul because they didn't touch you? Federal Court ruling Harry Daniels et al v Queen, Jan 8 2013 - Metis and NonStatus lacking the protection of Dept of Indian Affairs - far more exposed to discrimination and other social

injustices? Who you are more than willing to just toss under the bus, because you are worried that there are too many heirs and you might be considered assimilated? FFS The chiefs who just had the power to pay billions to buy a fishery ?? And you are worried about the heirs

who have no protection or voice at all? Is that the Mi'kmaw way Mr Paul ? -- Msit No'Kmaq

March 1974 - United We Stand, Divided We Fall - UNSI - nonstatus - The South Shore.

MicmacNews-1975-01.- UNSI Undemocratic - first they have taken away the peoples vote, now they have take away our popular decision, where did they get all this POWER. (Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaqs perhaps?)

union UNSI supports Metis and Non Status Land Claims - Micmac News 1980 07. -- unaware of these Metis, Mr Paul ? You are totally unaware of these people?

Discrimination Expressed - Denise Aucoin victim of Discrimination she is a Metis Indian. - MicmacNews-1977-11. -- No Metis identity or culture here that you are aware of? Let me make you aware.

Markie makes music- Sheet Harbour, NovaScotia- Markie describes his -Status- as Metis.- MicmacNews September 1979.

Inconsistent Bylaws Need Overhaul - UNSI - MicmacNews-1980-02. -- specifically interested in removing anyone who coudl be a member who is a not a registered Indian under the Indian Act. An Indian is section 3.10, a "Metis" was section 3.12 -- all removed from UNSI.

Final land claim now ready - Micmac News 1979 07 - NCNS. (Notice the date, 1979, in 1980 the chiefs changed the constitution to remove Metis and make sure they had no voice, say they had no identity, and now say they never existed, period, good luck wiping out only 40 some years

of history Mr Paul)/ Native Council contends the term Indian as it was used prior to confederation included all people who identified with their native ancestry - 1979 04 micmac news.

Micmacs form new native group - Non-status Indian and Metis Association of Nova Scotia - MicmacNews-1990-09. UNSI survives split - Metis and NonStatus split off and made their own group who had their own core funding.

Micmac News June 1979- Zone 7 - Since Rheal Plourde of St Peters pulled out to form his own association there was need to elect a new board member. Rheal Plourde made a Metis association as he said he was blocked and discriminated against as a Metis at every turn. Sounds like

there was a Metis identity to me, Mr Paul./ Groups Dispute Administration of Services - Danny Paul - MicmacNews-1991-03-08. -- well now I know for sure you are lying Mr Paul, as the Native Council of Nova Scotia was originally the Metis and NonStatus Association of Nova Scotia,

how dumb do you think people are Mr Paul? / New Brunswick Indians back Manitoba meeting - MicmacNews-1977-10.

MMF backs claims of New Brunswick Metis

"Congratulations to Keith Boucher and his community!"

"A first Powley case was won in New Brunswick on March 10th, 2021. The decision was published today, reasons for the decision following at a later date."

Metis form a new association Micmac News-1979 05 - Metis People's Cultural and Development Society of Nova Scotia was officially incorporated by Rheal Plourde. Both registered in the society act of Nova Scotia, what makes one more deserving Mr Paul?

No threat to - NCNS - viola says metis is not strongly identified with in NS - 75 % of its membership is Metis 1979 06. (but most identify as Mi'kmaw) Gov divided native people into classes. Status, NonStatus and Metis - offpsring of NonStatus.

Defining Metis - categories constructed by Missionaries and the Canadian State -Metis, NonStatus- who appropriated them to classify and govern indigenous people.

Talking about the gov has divided the native into3 different classes - the non status scene - MicmacNews-1977-12

1977 - Non Status Indian And Metis association changed its name to the Native Council of Nova Scotia.

Sinclair upset over racist remarks 2-05194. vol15 -8 Aug1984- I want people to remember it was the NonStatus and Metis who helped build this org. Kicking the NonStatus out in the street is wrong-Sinclair1984.

Mal i Mic News Oct 1976-What Is a NonStatus Indian- when a Status women married nonIndian-she loses her Indian Status- descendants lose their Status-most of their descendants are known as Metis.

@3rd Paragraph of Mr Pauls backtracking letter on Metis in NS.

Need for founding conference says Daniels -Micmac News 1978 - 09.

Daniels v. Canada, 2013 FC 6 (CanLII), [2013] 2 FCR 268 - Metis

DANIELS V. CANADA-THE INEVITABLE COMES TO PASS, AT LAST- IAN PEACH AND AARON MINTZ - 2013CanLiiDocs94 - Among the Mi'kmaq in the 19th century, the extent of intermarriage was such that there were few "pure blood" natives left, the term Indian prior to confederation included

half-breeds. My Great Great grandfather Tranquil Mius was born before confederation Mr Paul, he was a French Acadian half-breed, he had 2 uncles who signed Peace and Friendship treaties, Mathew Mius the ratified 1725/26 Treaty and Francois Mius- chief of the La have Indians,

the 1761 Treaty that the Marshall decision was based on. / Identity and Federalism- Understanding the Implications of Daniels v. Canada - Thomas Isaac and Arend Hoekstra - vol81 2019 - article 3.

You can tell the goons who keep attacking me and my disabled 11 yr old son on twitter, using Darryl Leroux and other communication specialists, to back the hell off and leave all of us alone who identity as Metis people of the East. 2016 - Canlii - Daniels - no need to delineate

which mixed-ancestry communities are Metis and which are non-status Indians./ Daniels decision Section 17 - No one exclusive Metis people in Canada, my family, my uncle Francois Mius was chief of La Have and signed the 1761 Treaty.

Janet Chute - A Good Day On The Aboiteau 2004- study of the Acadian-metis-Brevet de commission presented in1742 at Louisbourg to-Francoise Miouce- chief of Merligueshe.

pt3art4 - Francois Mius who held the chiefdom of LaHave.

Copy of the Brevet de Commission of the Indian Chief - Francois Miouce - Mikmak de Mirligueche en l'Acadie.