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MNO President Gary Lipinski (left) with Ontario Parliament Speaker Dave Levac at Louis Riel Day Ceremonies. On November 21, Métis Member of the Provincial Parliament (MPP) Dave Levac was elected Speaker by his fellow Parliamentarians. This is believed to be the first time that a Métis has served in that position. After his election Speaker

From 1965 to 1984, the Ontario Children’s Aid agencies removed approximately 16,000 Métis, First Nations and Inuit children from their families and placed them in the care of non-aboriginal families. This practice, which has become known as the Sixties Scoop resulted in these children losing their cultural identities, being separated from their natural families, losing

Hunt for Justice Will Continue to Alberta Court of Appeal Medicine Hat, AB (November 15, 2011) – Today, the Métis Nation of Alberta (MNA) responded to the recently released decision of Chief Justice Neil Wittmann in the Métis Nation’s test case on Métis harvesting rights in Alberta – R. v. Hirsekorn. A copy of the

From left to right: Denis Hubert-Dutrisac, President of Collège Boréal; France Picotte, Chair of the Métis Nation of Ontario and member of Collège Boréal’s Board of Directors; Marie-Claire Vignola, Elder on campus, citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario; Éric Dupuis, Coordinator of Aboriginal and Métis Projects, Collège Boréal. Sudbury, November 15, 2011 – Representatives

MNO President Gary Lipinski (foreground) speaks at Louis Riel Day Provincial Ceremony in Toronto. (l-r, background) Colin Sawchuk (Métis youth representative), Jean Teillet (Métis lawyer and descendent of Louis Riel), Sharon McBride (MNO Vice-chair) and France Picotte (MNO Chair)   Some of the dignitaries at the Provincial Louis Riel Day ceremony (l-r) MNO citizen Kathleen

From an Article by Duane Hicks with the Fort Francis Times On-line: original article may be viewed at: http://fftimes.com/node/247207 Sunset Country Louis Riel Day musical entertainment provided by Justin Boshey and Elmer and Clifford Whitefish, who got some folks jigging and square-dancing for several songs. Just as Louis Riel Day was marked across Canada yesterday,

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(Left to right) Senator Reta Gordon with MNO veterans Shaun Redmond (standing) Wilfred Rochon (sitting) and George Kelly “It is something that never happened to me before in my life,” explained Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) veteran Wilfred Rochon, when speaking about attending this year’s national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa, “it is one of

From Wawaty News On-line see orginal story at: http://www.wawataynews.ca/archive/all/2011/11/10/fighting-racism-facts-crime_22040 Aboriginal leaders in Thunder Bay are criticizing the media’s role in creating a “climate of fear” underlined with racism in the city, following the high profile given to the latest death of a young Native man and recent media reports of Thunder Bay being the “murder

By Veteran and Senator Alis B. Kennedy MNO Veteran and Senator Alis Kennedy with Premier McGuinty Two Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) veterans, Harvey Horlock and Senator Alis Kennedy were honoured to be invited by the Office of the Premier to attend Remembrance Ceremonies held in Queen’s Park in Toronto. “The ceremony was quite emotional