Commentary Winnipeg is close to saying goodbye to Bishop Grandin. Soon, the streets, and anything else that bears his name, will be erased from Manitoba’s history. Before that step is taken in historical revisionism, city councillors might at least pay respects to the man who was once considered to be a founding father of this…
Brian Giesbrecht: Bishop Grandin Played an Honourable Part in Manitoba’s History and Shouldn’t Be ‘Cancelled’
Métis Groups in 3 Provinces Sign Self-Governance Deals with Ottawa
Métis groups in Ontario, Alberta, and Saskatchewan have signed deals with Ottawa that officially grant them self-governance over matters like citizenship, elections, and other administration affairs within their jurisdictions. The deals give them the groups recognition as Indigenous governments and place them on equal constitutional standing with other First Nations and also opens up the possibility for further negotiations, such…
Fight Over How to Define Métis Identity Is Both Deeply Problematic and Racist
Commentary Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 recognized “the Aboriginal and treaty rights of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada,” explicitly including “Métis peoples.” At the time, however, the Constitution’s framers offered no clear idea of what they meant by “Métis. The word “Métis” refers to the descendants of a union between an aboriginal and…
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