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  Location: Villebois, QC Origins: 2004 (submitted papers for federal recognition in April 2009) Status: Active Registration: Cost: History: Was AAQ local (070) in 2004-2006, joined CPAQ in 2006-2008, went on its own sometime afterwards. # of Members: 300 in April 2016 Connections: Contact: Supporting Docs Gemme, Marc-André. “Soulagement pour les Métis de la communauté Wikianis Wamiwinnik.” April 22, 2016. Court Cases Québec c. Réal Paul, Roger Paul, Yves Paul, Alain Paul et Claude Paul  

  Location: Thetford-Mines, QC Origins: Founded in 1993, incorporated 1997 Status: Active Registration: Prove Indigenous ancestry. Doesn’t seem to have open membership Cost: History: Make their 1st public appearance in 1993 at RCAP. Sees itself as 12th Indigenous nation in QC. 1st org in QC to claim to represent métis as distinct people in QC. Against Métis claims based in Powley (circa 2011), as they’ve stated that FN govern territory first and foremost. Represented 30 locals in 2007 (25 active)….

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  Location: Chicoutimi, QC Origins: Status: Active Registration: Requires sworn claim Accepts a number of root ancestors who are French women. Many members have no Indigenous ancestry at all. Cost: $150 for legal defense fund; $150 for genealogy; $40/per year; $10/card; $10 for research into claim. 1st time member = $360 History: Broke up into 3 in 2012, but remains the Communauté métisse du domaine du Roy et de la Seigneurie de Mingan nonetheless. # of Members: 5,000 members in…

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  Location: Maniwaki, QC Origins: Early 1970s Status: Active Registration: Asks for genealogical proof of an ancestor or will do research for you Accepts a number of root ancestors who are French women. Many members have no Indigenous ancestry at all (about 30%). Cost: $110 for the first two years; $60 for the next two years 1st time member = $110 History: Started as an organization representing non-status Indians. Only started claiming to represent a distinct Métis people in 2008/2009….

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  Location: Joliette, Québec Origins: 2009 Status: Active? Registration: Cost: History: Also seems to go by  Communauté métisse de Lanaudière. Founder died in 2016, and their website is no longer functional. # of Members: Connections: Signed “reconciliation treaty” with Catholic diocese in 2013 Signed a “treaty” with Métis Federation of Canada sometime after 2013. Contact: Supporting Docs Chaloux, Christian. “Les associations de métis québécoises sont-elles fiables?” Le Journal de Joliette. December 7, 2010. Court Cases

  Location: Sherbrooke, QC Origins: 2004-2011 Prior to becoming a “Métis” organization, it was known as the Mouvement estrien pour le français. It actively mobilized against Indigenous rights, including joining the CMDRSM’s opposition to Innu land claim negotiations (see Cook 2016).  Status: Inactive Registration: Cost: History: Folded into Nation métis du soleil levant Five of its members struck a union with the St-Boniface- based Union nationale métisse St-Joseph du Manitoba. Last mention online was in 2010 # of Members: Connections: Contact:…

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