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Submitted by: MNO Veterans’ Council Senator Guy Mandeville C.D. (Standing in the left): MNO Veterans’ Senator GuyMandeville C.D. teaches Métis Dot Painting at theThree Sisters Garden Cariboo Lodge. Click herefor larger picture.On September 21, 2017, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Veterans’ Council Senator Guy Mandeville C.D. taught Métis Dot Painting at a workshop hosted by

Submitted by Brian Geary, Director of Communications for Pearson College Tyrone Pile, brother of MNO Secretary-Treasurer Tim Pile, is helping to pilot a new course for a historic international school Pearson College Vice-President Operations andAdministration Tyrone Pile (picture courtesy ofPearson College) Click here for larger picture.Tyrone (Ty) Pile is accustomed to leading, having served in

Submitted by: PCMNO Senator Verna Porter-Brunelle PCMNO Senator Verna Porter-Brunelle (centre)and other attendees of the first ever Gathering ofElders. Click here for larger picture.From September 11-14, 2017, Provisional Council of the Métis Nation of Ontario (PCMNO) Senator Verna Porter-Brunelle attended the first ever Gathering of Elders in Edmonton Alberta. Senator Porter-Brunelle attended the gathering as

Submitted by: MNO Georgian Bay Métis Council Chairperson Larry J. Ferris Front row (left-right): Roger Laurin, Brenda Laurin, LorraineMountney, Carl Ferris, Heather Garratt, Sophie, Drew, Tracey Bald. Back row (left-right): MNO GBMC Senator Ken“Two Dogs” Fraser, MNO GBMC Chairperson Larry J. FerrisDebbie Ferris Giammattolo, Acting Executive PCMNO Senator Ray Bergie, Terra-Lynn Moreau-Vivian. Clickhere for larger

Submitted by MNO Niagara Region President Derrick Pont. Written by Grant LaFleche of the St. Catherine’s Standard. Original article can be viewed at:: http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2017/09/10/niagara-first-nations-celebrate-identity-and-culture Brian Kon, Chair of the MNO Niagara Region Métis Councilwatches the performances at the Celebration of NationsSaturday at the Preforming Arts Centre. Behind him DerrickPont, president of the MNO Niagara Region

MNO Acting President France Picotte (far left) with (left to right) Dr. Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous Relationsand Northern Affairs, Métis Nation British ColumbiaPresident Clara Morin Dal Col and Métis Nation of AlbertaPresident Audrey Poitras at the First Minister Meeting in Ottawa on October 3, 2017. Click here for larger picture.On October 3, 2017 in

Submitted by MNO Grand River Métis Council Councilor Diane Kilby Some of the baby moccasins produced by MNOGrand River Métis Council citizens. Click here forlarger picture.As part of the national Da-giiwewaat campaign, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Grand River Métis Council (GRMC) recently hosted a Baby Moccasins Workshop by Nancy Rowe and Colinda Clyne.

Participants within the Youth Summer Campenjoying a medicine walk on White Fish Island.Click here for larger picture. Submitted by: MNO Métis Family Wellbeing Coordinator Danielle Morin Between July 17-21, 2017, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Historic Sault Ste. Marie Métis Council (HSMC) worked with MNO staff in the MNO Sault Ste. Marie office to

Submitted by Michael V. Smith and Susan Staves MNO Great Lakes Métis Councilor Jim Stranks, speaking during theGrand Opening Ceremony of Owen Sound’s Secondary LevelTreatment Plant on September 20, 2017. Click here for larger picture.Water is sacred and is an important element that has influenced the very history of the Métis peoples of Ontario. As

Members of the MNO Canoe Expedition with members ofthe MNO WEKMC at the Métis Footprints exhibit in the Chimzuk Museum in Windsor. Click here for larger picture.Submitted by MNO WEKMC President Donna Grayer On June 23, the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Windsor-Essex-Kent Métis Council (WEKMC) welcomed the 2017 Canoe Expedition to Windsor. The Expedition