OTTAWA — The president of the Manitoba Métis Federation is blasting the Métis Nation of Ontario at a summit on how leaders are reacting to — and can come together to fix — what they call Indigenous identity fraud.
OTTAWA — The president of the Manitoba Métis Federation is blasting the Métis Nation of Ontario at a summit on how leaders are reacting to — and can come together to fix — what they call Indigenous identity fraud.
The bill is hotly contested by the Manitoba Métis Federation and the Chiefs of Ontario, who say the inclusion of the Métis Nation of Ontario threatens their rights — and who question the validity of the organization altogether. "I struggled for years to reclaim that ," McLeod said, wearing a shirt that said"Say No To Bill C-53.""We're struggling with people who are trying to be us," he said."We've been struggling for over 400 years now to maintain our identity, and this is just another branch of that battle."
The Ontario organization began releasing short videos attempting to do just that, including one about Métis in the Sault Ste. Marie area, and is encouraging members to share those videos. Froh sent a notice to media Tuesday about Métis identity, criticizing the"concerning trend regarding the portrayal and blatant misrepresentation of Métis people, history, and rights in some Canadian media outlets."
"Pretendians" are not, she said, people who have been disconnected from their communities through mechanisms like the Sixties Scoop or residential schools. They are, however, people who claim an ancestor from “400 years ago” who are now holding on to that one distant individual in an effort to access supports set aside for Indigenous Peoples.
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