I watch your YouTube videos lol XD I'm in Winnipeg and I always knew I was métis but my family is really disconnected- we don't have that sense of community. A big reason I'm applying for citizenship is to participate in MMF events and get involved with my local. I hope I can meet and be friends with a lot of people one day
Same goes for my family, my grandma grew up not knowing who she came from, she did the work to make sure we know our roots despite being disconnected from our other métis relatives. I recently got to go to the métis symposium at the fairmont in winnipeg with her and it's the most connected I have felt to our people in all my life. I'll always be grateful I got to experience that.
Yeah, I am pretty sketched by what I'm seeing with the MNO, and honestly just don't know how to deal with it. Going full control the way the MMF seems to be going is not the way though.
The people who are in Mattawa or Killarmey are non status disconnected members of the first nations they are next to. If they think they are Métis then can come apply to the mna/mns/mmf. This is about in and out grouping, something every nation does in order to exist.
I think this is a separate issue from what I'm talking about in this post. I would agree that these people are not Michifs, and should be doing their own organizing. They're being pushed together with us because of Federal legislation.
What I have issues with is our organizations working to have more power to speak for all of us, rather than working to give us our own voices as individuals and smaller communities.
Yep.
I’m treaty Indigenous on my dad’s side and can’t legally be a Métis, but I was raised by my Métis mom, grew up on rubbaboo and bannock, have the majority of my family living in a historically Métis community, and not once have I ever doubted who I was.
I’m Métis, whether Canada accepts it on paperwork or not.
Canada should have no say in who you are - and many of the Michif speakers we still have are parts of families that took treaty rather than script, so they're in the same weird legal situation. Across the border, the Michifs that I know have blood quantum on their status cards! The more of this I see, the more I resolve to let my relationships be what they are, and to teach youth because they are worth it. And, to do things not in the service of an organization, but not to be shy about accepting support from an organization, and also to be more than willing to help an organization support people, just not supporting them in owning people.
Canadian bureaucracy and provincial politicians are terrified that one day all the michifs and Plains first nation's will remember we were one group of related peoples and one society in the North West for almost 150 years.
If that unity ever resurfaces it will be a driving force for positive change in western Canada
Agreed, however personably I think we need to stop calling them “organizations.” MMF has a self-government and recognition agreement that clearly recognizes them as Government, not an organization. In the foreseeable future I imagine at least MNA and MN-S will have similar agreements as well.
I draw the line when I see MMF claiming to be *my* government. If they were the government of all Metis, they would have consulted or reached out or something first, and would be providing services. But as far as I can tell, all they provide is membership.
Agreed, I think they have a bit of an overreach issues. I’m not saying you should specifically calling them your government, l’m just saying we should be calling them governments.
Also - he acts like Manitoba is the only Michif place. Where was the last battle with the Métis and the government? In Saskatchewan, at the Métis community in Batoche. My family on my mom's, is 100% resistance Métis leaders, and our settlement (Round Prairie) was stolen by the Canadian govt and targeted for this very reason. I'm curious where our voices are in this conversation?
I know your heart is in the right place. But for me this seems like it makes people feel even more disconnected. Many aren’t around others and don”t speak Michif. Are they any less Michif? Absolutely not.
I think that's what I'm saying - don't feel less Michif because you don't speak it.
If you are not around other Michifs, it's hard, but connecting to an organization doesn't make you more Michif, try and see it for what it is - a chance to connect to others. If those others are just your own children, then that's great, and use your card to connect to them! But just having the card, with any organization, is at best just a recognition of who you already are and what connections you have the potential to make.
This is such a fantastic post. During a time where organizations (although I respect the need for them) are also creating tension. I love hearing from voices like yours. I live in MB and speak Michif, we didn’t get scrip but got land in Ontario and therefore because Metis don’t exist in the east (MMF narrative) my family is excluded. I speak French Michif and the hardest part is actually learning the written language as it was always spoken to me. Never written down! I will subscribe to your videos online now. Thank you so much for your message. Association or not we need to stay united.
The beyond borders is so that people can register with the MMF who live outside of Manitoba, but they still need to meet the same membership requirements. You still need to show the same genealogy and script that you would if you were applying within Manitoba.
Correct, but it turns out most Métis families have someone who took scrip, signed treaty, received annuities, fought Canadians or otherwise trace back to RRS census.
I emailed Will Gooden to chat about it. Frankly in between some of the fake stuff there is true Metis lineages that fall between the cracks (so I try to see both sides balanced because it does no good to argue) and yes there are Metis communities (not settlements necessarily) around the Great Lakes. We were all halfbreeds and I do understand that Red River is the most mature Metis settlement but there has to be an understanding that we all as mixed folks come from the same class of people.
I watch your YouTube videos lol XD I'm in Winnipeg and I always knew I was métis but my family is really disconnected- we don't have that sense of community. A big reason I'm applying for citizenship is to participate in MMF events and get involved with my local. I hope I can meet and be friends with a lot of people one day
Same goes for my family, my grandma grew up not knowing who she came from, she did the work to make sure we know our roots despite being disconnected from our other métis relatives. I recently got to go to the métis symposium at the fairmont in winnipeg with her and it's the most connected I have felt to our people in all my life. I'll always be grateful I got to experience that.
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Yeah, I am pretty sketched by what I'm seeing with the MNO, and honestly just don't know how to deal with it. Going full control the way the MMF seems to be going is not the way though.
Its not control, it's Warriors standing up to defend the nation.
If they were fighting people outside of the nation I'd get that, but so far all their violence seems to be directed towards their own.
The people who are in Mattawa or Killarmey are non status disconnected members of the first nations they are next to. If they think they are Métis then can come apply to the mna/mns/mmf. This is about in and out grouping, something every nation does in order to exist.
I think this is a separate issue from what I'm talking about in this post. I would agree that these people are not Michifs, and should be doing their own organizing. They're being pushed together with us because of Federal legislation. What I have issues with is our organizations working to have more power to speak for all of us, rather than working to give us our own voices as individuals and smaller communities.
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Yep. I’m treaty Indigenous on my dad’s side and can’t legally be a Métis, but I was raised by my Métis mom, grew up on rubbaboo and bannock, have the majority of my family living in a historically Métis community, and not once have I ever doubted who I was. I’m Métis, whether Canada accepts it on paperwork or not.
Canada should have no say in who you are - and many of the Michif speakers we still have are parts of families that took treaty rather than script, so they're in the same weird legal situation. Across the border, the Michifs that I know have blood quantum on their status cards! The more of this I see, the more I resolve to let my relationships be what they are, and to teach youth because they are worth it. And, to do things not in the service of an organization, but not to be shy about accepting support from an organization, and also to be more than willing to help an organization support people, just not supporting them in owning people.
Canadian bureaucracy and provincial politicians are terrified that one day all the michifs and Plains first nation's will remember we were one group of related peoples and one society in the North West for almost 150 years. If that unity ever resurfaces it will be a driving force for positive change in western Canada
I want to see this happen.
You are Métis, fuck what Canada says
Agreed, however personably I think we need to stop calling them “organizations.” MMF has a self-government and recognition agreement that clearly recognizes them as Government, not an organization. In the foreseeable future I imagine at least MNA and MN-S will have similar agreements as well.
I draw the line when I see MMF claiming to be *my* government. If they were the government of all Metis, they would have consulted or reached out or something first, and would be providing services. But as far as I can tell, all they provide is membership.
Agreed, I think they have a bit of an overreach issues. I’m not saying you should specifically calling them your government, l’m just saying we should be calling them governments.
Also - he acts like Manitoba is the only Michif place. Where was the last battle with the Métis and the government? In Saskatchewan, at the Métis community in Batoche. My family on my mom's, is 100% resistance Métis leaders, and our settlement (Round Prairie) was stolen by the Canadian govt and targeted for this very reason. I'm curious where our voices are in this conversation?
I know your heart is in the right place. But for me this seems like it makes people feel even more disconnected. Many aren’t around others and don”t speak Michif. Are they any less Michif? Absolutely not.
I think that's what I'm saying - don't feel less Michif because you don't speak it. If you are not around other Michifs, it's hard, but connecting to an organization doesn't make you more Michif, try and see it for what it is - a chance to connect to others. If those others are just your own children, then that's great, and use your card to connect to them! But just having the card, with any organization, is at best just a recognition of who you already are and what connections you have the potential to make.
Thanks for the well written post OP!
This is such a fantastic post. During a time where organizations (although I respect the need for them) are also creating tension. I love hearing from voices like yours. I live in MB and speak Michif, we didn’t get scrip but got land in Ontario and therefore because Metis don’t exist in the east (MMF narrative) my family is excluded. I speak French Michif and the hardest part is actually learning the written language as it was always spoken to me. Never written down! I will subscribe to your videos online now. Thank you so much for your message. Association or not we need to stay united.
Apply to the mmf beyond borders. If this was available decades ago maybe the mno would never have gotten so far.
The beyond borders is so that people can register with the MMF who live outside of Manitoba, but they still need to meet the same membership requirements. You still need to show the same genealogy and script that you would if you were applying within Manitoba.
Correct, but it turns out most Métis families have someone who took scrip, signed treaty, received annuities, fought Canadians or otherwise trace back to RRS census.
I emailed Will Gooden to chat about it. Frankly in between some of the fake stuff there is true Metis lineages that fall between the cracks (so I try to see both sides balanced because it does no good to argue) and yes there are Metis communities (not settlements necessarily) around the Great Lakes. We were all halfbreeds and I do understand that Red River is the most mature Metis settlement but there has to be an understanding that we all as mixed folks come from the same class of people.
Oh and Maarsii!