Brandy Callihoo, director of the Michel Callihoo Nation Society, says establishing a new band for descendants of the former Callihoo Band is key to healing for the community.
The Michel Callihoo Nation Society wants the Canadian government to establish a new band for descendants of the former Treaty 6 First Nation.Brandy Callihoo, director of the Michel Callihoo Nation Society, says establishing a new band for descendants of the former Michel Band is key to healing for the community.
Now the MCNS is working to get families on the path toward reclaiming community. Registering the band is a key step in that process, according to Brandy Callihoo, director of the MCNS.Around 1800, a group of North West Company voyageurs from the Kanien'kehá:ka community of Kahnawà:ke, south of Montreal, settled in the Jasper, Alta., area alongside local Cree and Métis people, according to Callihoo.
The decision to enfranchise came after decades of government pressure and a strong desire to escape the oppression of the Indian Act, he said. But in order to qualify, people must first prove they are descendants of a treaty member of the Michel Band, she said.
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