Location: Headquartered in Laval, QC Origins: Status: Inactive Registration: Cost: History: Doesn’t appear to be very active, and its origins are unclear. It nonetheless produces membership cards that closely resemble status cards. # of Members: Connections: Contact: Syndicats des droits autochtones d’Amérique Facebook Page Supporting Docs Court Cases
Location: Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, QC Origins: 2017 Status: Active Registration: Cost: History: Started as “clan” of Nation Métis du Soleil Levant, then broke away and stole their name in 2017. # of Members: Connections: Lists a second associated body: Bande de Montmagny-L’Islet Contact: http://www.wobtegwa.org Supporting Docs Communauté autochtone Wôbtwegwa. “Meeting Minutes December 2017.” December 2017. Communauté Métis Autochtone de Maniwaki. “Grand Dérangement (19, 20 et 21 Juin 2009).” Court Cases
Location: Near Magog, QC Origins: March 2018 Status: Active Registration: Cost: History: Focuses primarily on “culture” and “spirituality”, makes no political claims. Slated to hold a “purification ceremony” at inauguration of museum in Magog, despite opposition by Abenaki Tribal Council. # of Members: Connections: Its founder became member of Nation Métis du Soleil Levant in December 2016. Contact: Supporting Docs Girard, Pierre-Olivier. “Naissance d’un groupe métis dans Memphrémagog.” Le Reflect du lac. March 31, 2018. Court…
Location: Origins: 2004-2008(?) Status: Inactive Registration: Cost: History: Folded into Nation Métis du Soleil Levant # of Members: Connections: Contact: Supporting Docs Court Cases
Location: St-Georges-de-Beauce QC Origins: 2007 Status: Registration: Based in 300+ year-old relationship Antaya comes from an early French settler who married an Indigenous woman. Cost: History: Claims to represent non-status Indians … though also identifies as “métis” Calls itself an “Abenaki, Algonquin Metis nation.” Started using Wabanaki Algonquin First Nation as a name in 2017. Started using Abenaki Nation Msakkikkan (Sartigan) in May 2019. Identifies as Abenaki. Unsuccessfully lobbied the Abenaki Tribal Council to accept it as the 3rd…
Location: Buckingham, QC Origins: Recent Status: Active Registration: At least some members are members on the strength of an Algonquin ancestor married in 1657 Cost: History: “Weskarini algonquins, Indiens de la Petite Nation, Quieunontateronons, Weskarinis metis” # of Members: Connections: Contact: http://www.weskarini.ca Weskarini Algonquin First Nation/Métis Facebook Page Supporting Docs Court Cases
Location: Montréal, QC Origins: 2001-2009(?) Status: Inactive Registration: Cost: History: Its first goal was to “promote and defend the ancestral and territorial rights of its members.” # of Members: Connections: Supported the following organizations: Communauté métisse de l’Estrie Nation Métis Québec Communauté métisse des Voyageurs Communauté métisse de l’est du Canada Communauté métisse du Nouveau Brunswick et l’est du Canada. Contact: Supporting Docs Conseil de Presse du Quebec. “Grievance D2004-04-053.” September 17, 2004. Court Cases Québec (Procureur général) c….
Location: Origins: 1998-2009(?) Status: Inactive Registration: Cost: History: Established in 1998 as Communauté métisse de la Rivière Bleue; obtained new charter in 2004 under this new name. Folded into Nation Métis du Soleil Levant # of Members: Connections: Contact: Supporting Docs Court Cases
Location: Chibougamau, QC Origins: 2016 Status: Active Registration: Its claim to indigeneity rests on DNA ancestry testing. It has a partnership with Accu-Metrics, which falsely claims it can determine one’s tribal origins The Nation Métis du Soleil Levant has also used their molecular testing service. Cost: History: Its *chief* travelled to Paris in July 2017 with others (including Confédération des peuples autochtones du Québec) and *chief* of Mikinaks to submit UN human rights complaint against Canada for non-recognition. #…
Location: Origins: Status: Inactive Registration: Cost: History: Folded into Nation Métis du Soleil Levant. # of Members: Connections: Contact: Supporting Docs Court Cases