Santa Claus is Métis!
Santa Claus (MNO citizen Raymond Tremblay) urges everyone to send him a letter at the North Pole. As we all know, you can find Métis people in every walk of life that you can imagine, but did you know that Santa Claus is Métis? In addition to portraying Santa at the Rideau Centre in Ottawa
Traditional Knowledge Highlighted at Harvest Feasts
A drumming circle during the Midland Community Feast This fall the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Lands, Resources and Consultations Branch held a series of exciting Community Feasts in Kenora (October 15), Thunder Bay (November 18), Midland (November 25) and Peterborough (November 26). Each event featured Forestry and Traditional Knowledge presentations as well as Métis
Métis Youth Voice Heard on Parliament Hill
Originally Posted on MNC website. Original story can be viewed at:http://www.metisnation.ca/index.php/news/metis-youth-voice-heard-on-parliament-hill Senator Don Meredith with MNO Youth Council Member Mitch Case in the Senate Chamber following the meeting with the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples The voice of Métis youth was heard in Parliament on November 23 in a meeting of the Standing Senate
Manitoba Métis Case Reaches The Supreme Court
The voice of the Manitoba Métis, who believe they were betrayed by Canada’s government in the 1870s and 1880s, will finally be heard. In the Supreme Court of Canada on December 13, 2011, Thomas R. Berger, Q.C. and Jim Aldridge, Q.C. will argue the Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF) case. The argument is that Ottawa failed
Healing Warriors
Métis Woman Helps Soldiers and Others Cope with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Based on an article by Lance Holdforth of the Barrie Examiner: Original Article can be viewed Here Nicole Taylor leads a class of first-responders and military personnel through a class of yoga at the Bliss Studio in downtown Barrie.(Barrie Examiner Photo) Nicole Taylor is
Welland Museum Exhibit Recalls History of the Métis in Ontario
By Victoria Gray of the Welland Tribune: original article posted Here Official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Métis Exhibit at the Welland Historical Museum: (left to right) MNO staff member Glen Lipinski, MNO citizen Judy Baxter, MNO Vice-chair Sharon McBride, Niagara Region Métis Council President Stephen Quesnelle, Welland City Councillor Paul Grenier and Museum Curator
Métis MPP Becomes Speaker of Ontario Parliament
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
Métis Victims of Sixties Scoop Eligible to Participate in Civil Lawsuit
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
The Heart of Louis Riel is Alive and Beating with us Today
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
Louis Riel Day Cause for Celebration
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,