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  Location: Ontario Origins: 2022 Status: Active Registration: Over a dozen “treaty” signatories  Cost:   History: This organization is an outgrowth of the “sovereign citizen” movement. # of Members: At least a dozen “treaty signatories,” including the Anishinabek Solutrean Metis Indigenous Nation and Kinakwii Nation  Connections: Contact:   Supporting Docs Website Court Cases Both the Anishinabek Solutrean Metis Indigenous Nation and Kinakwii Nation have been involved in multiple court cases. 

  Case Number: 2021 ONSC 7776 Offence(s): “Sovereign citizen” case involving an individual (Sarac) refusing to pay rent.  Location: Toronto, ON Date of Offence(s): Association(s): Plaintiff is member of Anishinabek Solutrean Metis Indigenous Nation. Status: Decision: Judge ruled against plaintiff. Documentation: Sarac v. Wilstar Management Ltd. 

Location: Pembroke, ON Origins: Unclear, but at least 2011.  Status: Active in support of “truckers’ convoy” 2022.  Registration: They claim to represent 14 families. Cost: History: First appear in news stories around 2011. # of Members: Connections: “Chief” Grant Tysick has expressed animosity to AOO land claim process Contact: Supporting Docs Court Cases “Chief” Grant Tysick was convicted of illegal moose hunting in Algonquin Provincial Park in 2016. He was unable to provide evidence that he was Algonquin. 

Location: Ardoch, ON Origins: Founded as Ardoch Algonquin and Allies around 1980 by Harold Perry (Algonquin) and Bob Lovelace (white American). Since at least 2005, the organization has been run by white, non-Algonquins (Bob Lovelace, Randy Cota, Mireille Lapointe) with either no Algonquin ancestry or an Algonquin ancestor in 1600s.  Status: Active Registration: Registration process is unclear. The AAFN regularly recognizes white non-Algonquins as members, including professors, teachers, administrators, and etc.  Cost: History: AAFN members are particularly influential in Indigenous…

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Location: Tay Valley Township, ON Origins: Incorporated in July 2019 Status: Active Registration: Unclear. They claim to have ten families with 70 members.  Cost: History: Ontario #290806975 # of Members: 70 according to website (October 2021) Connections: Claim to be working with “Ardoch Algonquin First Nation”  Contact: Website Supporting Docs They explain on their website that they’re white French Canadians claiming to be “Algonquin” based on a common ancestor born in 1624.  Court Cases

Location: Sturgeon Falls, Ontario Origins: Status: Active Registration: Cost: History: # of Members: Connections: Contact: Has active Facebook page under West Nipissing Woodland Metis Community Center Supporting Docs  Public Health Agency of Canada information page Court Cases

Location: Sudbury, Ontario Origins: Incorporated on June 18, 2019 Status: Active Registration: Cost: History: Federal Corporation Information # of Members: Connections: Contact: Supporting Docs Court Cases

Location: Barrie, Ontario Origins: Inaugural meeting on Saturday July 10, 2011, at “Dock’s Riverfront Restaurant” in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. Adopted Huronia Aboriginal Peoples’ Federation as its first name. Status: Active Registration: Cost: History: # of Members: According to their website (December 2019), they have 55 members. Connections: Contact: Website Website (2013-2015) Supporting Docs Court Cases

  Location: Southampton, Ontario Origins: Status: Active Registration: Cost: History: Quite active. Held its tenth annual “Rendezvous” in August 2018. On September 20, 2018, the Saugeen Ojibway Nation released a statement opposing their political claims. # of Members: Connections: Contact: http://saugeenmetis.com Supporting Docs Lindsay, Sandy. “Historic Saugeen Métis Celebrating 200 Years.” Saugeen Times. August 7, 2018. “SON affirms exclusive aboriginal and treaty rights over territory.” Saugeen Shores Hub. September 20, 2018. Court Cases

  Location: Sunridge, Ontario Origins: 2004 Status: Active Registration: They now accept people with any Indigenous ancestry at any time. Cost: $225 application fee History: Started as an organization representing non-status and Métis people. The Powleys were members in 1990s. Submitted comprehensive claim to federal government in 2009 and 2015 # of Members: Connections: Contact: http://www.omaa.org/ Supporting Docs Wabiska Mukwa (Zane Plouffe Bell), Letter to Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs, “COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING AND RETENTION OF TALENT- FEBRUARY…

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