David Chartrand, president of the Manitoba Métis Federation watches on as Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau holds a rally in Winnipeg, on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019.
The federal government will sign its first-ever modern treaty with a Métis government during a ceremony with the Manitoba Métis Federation in Winnipeg on Saturday.The federal government is signing its first-ever modern treaty with a Métis government. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree is in Winnipeg to finalize the agreement, which will formally recognize the Manitoba Métis Federation as the government of the Red River Métis.
It commits Canada to working with the Manitoba Métis Federation on a government-to-government basis — no matter which party holds power in Ottawa. Riel, who led the Red River Resistance, was executed by hanging at the Northwest Mounted Police barracks in Regina in 1885. The government of Manitoba named him the province's honorary
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