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Senator Reta Gordon and MNO Veteran Rene Leonard at the National Aboriginal Veterans’ Monument on November 11, 2014Every year on November 11, Métis from across the homeland participate in Remembrance Day Ceremonies. Being part of these ceremonies is very important to Métis because we have contributed to the defense of Canada as far back as

Submitted by: Richard Cuddy, MNO Credit River Métis Council President and Rochelle Ethier MNO Credit River Métis Council President Richard Cuddy (left) and Neil Switzer, Project Manager, Planning & Infrastructure Conservation Lands Services in front of the Deer Clan Longhouse. On September 14, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Credit River Métis Council President Richard Cuddy

Original story from http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/new-war-of-1812-monument-unveiled-on-parliament-hill-1.2090276 A Métis fighter firing a cannon is depicted in the new War of 1812 Monument that was officially unveiled on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014. (Emily Chan / CTVNews.ca) On November 6, 2014, a new monument was unveiled on Parliament Hill, inspired by the War of 1812

The signing ceremony held at the Sunset Country Métis Hall in Fort Frances on November 6, 2014. Front row (l-r), Robert Gallagher, President and CEO of New Gold, Gary Lipinski, MNO President, Theresa Stenlund, PCMNO Region 1 Councillor. Back row (l-r) Joel Henley,President of the MNO Kenora Métis Council, Marlene Davidson, President of the MNO

By: Joseph Paquette, MNO Veterans’ Council President Joseph Paquette and the majestic moose. “The day started with a beautiful sunrise amidst a perfect blue sky. This was following two days of rain. Climbing hill after hill and calling every so often did not put me any closer to filling my moose tag. I finally settled

Submitted by: Rochelle Ethier, MNO Credit River Metis Council Participants of the Brampton Sisters in Spirit Candlelight Vigil holding up the faceless doll blanket. The Annual Sisters in Spirit Vigil was held on October 4 to honour and remember the almost 1,200 missing and murdered Aboriginal women across Canada. In Brampton, the vigil was a

MNO President Gary Lipinski (right) met with the Honourable Bob Chiarelli, Minister of Energy (left) on October 27, 2014. On October 27, 2014, Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) President Gary Lipinski met with the Honourable Bob Chiarelli, Minister of Energy. Discussions focused on the Ministry’s Aboriginal Loan Guarantee Program, which is a $250 million initiative

View this slideshow for picture highlights of the Louis Riel Day 2014 ceremony at Queen’s Park in Toronto on November 14, 2014. Louis Riel was the great Métis leader executed by the Canadian government for leading the Northwest Resistance in defense of Métis rights and the Métis way-of-life. Every year Louis Riel Day is held

Submitted by: Robin Pilon Chantel Pilon stands in front of the Quinte West Sports Wall of Fame. She was recently honoured as an Athlete Inductee during a special presentation at the Quinte West YMCA. Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizen and University of Waterloo (UWaterloo) track star Chantel Pilon of Trenton, Ontario, was recently inducted

Submitted by: Susan Schank, MNO Great Lakes Métis Council MNO Senator Roland St. Germain providing the opening prayer at the Owen Sound Sisters in Spirit Vigil held on October 4. The Metis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Great Lakes Métis Council hosted a Sisters in Spirit Vigil in Owen Sound on October 4. Roughly 120 people