A group representing the collective interests of 21 First Nations in Robinson Huron Treaty territory has passed a declaration denouncing the Métis Nation of Ontario — over claims to Indigenous identity and historical Métis communities in the province
An Anishinaabe group representing the collective interests of 21 First Nations in Robinson Huron Treaty territory has passed a declaration denouncing the Métis Nation of Ontario — including its claims to Indigenous identity and its recognition as a self-governing Indigenous group by Canada.
The declaration comes as Bill C-53 — a piece of federal legislation tabled last year which would affirm Métis rights to self-determination and self-governance in Ontario and Alberta if passed — continues to stoke ongoing criticism from First Nations groups concerned about land and resource rights being granted to Métis groups without their consent.
The Manitoba Métis Federation and the Chiefs of Ontario co-hosted an Indigenous identity fraud summit in Winnipeg earlier this month. The event saw both political organizations pass a joint resolution calling on Canada to cease all negotiations with the MNO, and for Ontario to scrap the identification of the six new Métis communities.
RHW made headlines last year when it released a pair of studies it had commissioned, which claimed to disprove the historical existence of distinct Métis communities in Robinson Huron Treaty territory. The backlash against the Métis group drew the ire of MNO regional councillor Mitch Case, who represents the Huron-Superior Regional Métis Community.
Over the course of a decade-long legal battle, more than a dozen judges affirmed the existence of a rights-bearing historic Métis community in the Sault Ste. Marie region. The community also possesses a right to hunt protected by section 35 of the 1982 Constitution Act.
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