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The Métis Nation of Alberta has recently released a Plainspeak document as a part of its ongoing “Hunt for Justice” in relation to Métis harvesting rights in Alberta. This case is a test case for the entire Métis Nation because it deals with the important legal issue of Métis mobility, amongst other precedent setting issues

Request for Proposals for Consulting Services on Métis Traditional Knowledge Study for the Lakehead/Nipigon/Michipicoten Traditional Territory Through its ongoing negotiations with industry, the committee representing the regional rights-bearing Métis community in the Lakehead/Nipigon/Michipicoten Traditional Territory has secured financial support to undertake a Métis traditional knowledge study in the region that will be used to inform

M E M O R A N D U M To: MNO Citizens From: France Picotte, MNO Chair Date: July 20, 2011 Subject: 2011 Special Business Resolutions Please click ths link to view or download copies of the 2011 MNO AGA Special Business resolutions that were received at the MNO Head Office prior to the

Partnership Expands on Commitment to the Needs of Métis Communities Watch CTV News story about signing. The Métis Nation of Ontario and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) co-hosted an Aboriginal Workshop on May 25-27, 2011 in Sudbury, Ontario. This workshop, NOSM’s third Aboriginal forum, was a follow-up to the Follow Your Dreams workshop

(Left to right) Front row: Pauline Saulnier (Regional Councillor), Terry Bloom (Interim President), Gary Lipinski (MNO President), France Picotte (MNO Chair) Back row: Brad Hodgson, Debra Malandrino, Andy Dufrane (Senator) Steve Bloom, Jason Dufrane On, June 29, 2011 a Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Community Charter signing ceremony took place in Peterborough. The signing ceremony

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Dignitaries at the presentation of $10,000 to the MNO for the Aboriginal Apprenticeship Centre at Sault College (Left to right) Les Dunbar (RBC), Anthony Pucci (RBC), Art Bennett (MNO), Ron Common (Sault College), Caroline Kelly (RBC), Beverley Szatanski (RBC(Sault Ste. Marie) On June 21, Art Bennett, Regional Councillor of the Provisional Council of the Métis

Métis Veteran and Senator Alis Kennedy (left) and Métis Veteran Shaun Redmond (right) with his Excellency, Governor General David, Johnston, at the remembrance ceremony at the Aboriginal Veterans Monument in Ottawa on National Aboriginal Day. A number of Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizens and Métis veterans attended the tenth annual remembrance ceremony at the

Submitted by Brian Tucker, Manager, Way of Life Framewor The young people who participated in the Grand River Community Métis Council’s Cultural Camp with instructors Dr. Anita Tucker and Brian Tucker (front, far right) The Grand River Community Métis Council (GRCMC) held a youth camping expedition at Rockwood Conservation Area near Guelph on June 4

MNO citizens and staff at the MNO booth during the Summer Solstice National Aboriginal Arts Festival in Ottawa on June 17-19. (Right to left) Jo-Ann Wass, PCMNO Councillor for Region 6, Melissa Pigeau with the MNO Healing and Wellness Branch, Benny Michaud with the MNO Education and Training Branch, Senator Reta Gordon, Senator Lois McCallum