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Location: Gatineau, QC Origins: Involved in court cases in 2017 & 2021 Status: Incorporated on March 31, 2006.  Registration: Cost: History: It started as an offshoot of the Métis Nation Québec in 2002, then went off on its own starting in 2006. It doesn’t seem to have any membership criteria or registration process.  # of Members: Connections: Formerly the Nation Métis du Québec Contact: Their President, who calls himself a “chief,” is Armand Émond.  Supporting Docs Court Cases Directeur des…

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  Location: Mansfield-et-Pontefract, QC. (Pontiac region in Algonquin territory)  Origins: Not clear, came to our attention following a newspaper article explaining that it received land and $38,000 in public funding to create a monument and park to survivors of residential schools in Mansfield-et-Pontefract, QC.  Status: Active Registration: Not clear.  Cost: History: Incorporation in Québec in December 2011 Incorporation in Québec in September 2016 # of Members:   Connections: Contact: http://www.autochtone-du-pontiac.org/Conseil-d-administration.html Supporting Docs Court Cases

  Location: Laval, QC Origins: Not clear, came to our attention following series of “sovereign citizen” court cases during which defendants claimed not to fall under Canadian government jurisdiction in order to avoid paying income taxes Status: Active Registration: Not clear.  Cost: $300 (according to Sarac v. Wilstar Management Ltd.) History: Involved in multiple cases starting in summer 2019 Founding member of Alliance of Indigenous Nations Changed named from Metis and Non-Status Kinakwii Nation to Kinakwii Nation, Private Sovereign Nation…

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  Location: St-Ephrem-de-Beauce, QC Origins: Incorporated in January 2020, breakaway organization from the Nation Antaya  Status: Active Registration: Not clear on its membership policy, though it does have members in the region.  Cost: History: Federal Incorporation: 1186182-4 # of Members:   Connections: Contact: Supporting Docs The Conseil des Abénakis d’Odanak (Odanak Abenaki First Nation) posted a public letter opposing this organization’s efforts to be recognized by the provincial government. Court Cases  

  Case Number: 2021 QCCS 931 (see Cardin c. R.) Offence(s): Charged with tax fraud and tax evasion “Sovereign citizens” try to have court nullify federal government’s jurisdiction over their “nation” (Metis and Non-Status Kinakwii Nation). Location: Judgment in Laval, QC. Date of Offence(s): Association(s): Metis and Non-Status Kinakwii Nation At least one of two appellants are members of Anishinabek Solutrean Métis Indigenous Nation Status: Decision: Judge ruled against the appellant, case was divided between two appellants for judgement.  Documentation:…

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  Case Number: 2019 QCCA 1354; 2019 QCCA 5868; 2019 QCCA 2122; 2020 QCCA 98; 2021 QCCS 930 Offence(s): Charged with tax fraud and tax evasion “Sovereign citizens” try to have court nullify federal government’s jurisdiction over their “nation” (Metis and Non-Status Kinakwii Nation). Location: Judgment in Laval, QC. Date of Offence(s): Association(s): Metis and Non-Status Kinakwii Nation/Kinakwii Nation At least one of two appellants are members of Anishinabek Solutrean Métis Indigenous Nation Status: Decision: Judge ruled against the appellants….

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Location: Destor, QC Origins: Status: Active Registration: Unclear. Cost: History: # of Members:  Had 450 members in 2017, according to newspaper article. Connections: It claims that its presence in Algonquin territory goes back to 1920 and that its membership descends from Mi’kmaw people. Essentially, they’re Québécois settlers to the region with Acadian ancestry. According to 2017 newspaper article, they’re seeking recognition under the Indian Act as a First Nation with a reserve. Contact: Supporting Docs Court Cases Directeur des poursuites…

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Location: Thetford Mines, QC Origins:  December 2019. A breakaway group from the Alliance autochtone du Québec. Status: Active Registration: Not clear at this time. Cost: History: Breakaway organization created by former leaders of the Alliance autochtone du Québec, once they were ordered to step down by a Quebec Superior Court decision in September 2019. # of Members: Connections: Contact: Facebook page Supporting Docs Court Cases The board of the Alliance autochtone du Québec/Native Alliance of Québec, including its “Grand Chief”…

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Location: Montpellier, QC Origins: Status: Active Registration: Not clear on its membership policy, though it does have members in the region. Cost: History: It has been active since at least 2019, when it organized a Pow Wow in Montpellier on June 2019.  It has an active Facebook page that suggests it has a fully functional board of directors, led by their “chief”, Jean-Pierre Bois. # of Members: Connections: Its “chief”, Jean-Pierre Bois, is involved with the Green Fund of the…

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Location: Dolbeau-Mistassini, Québec Origins: Origins as local 30 (Mistassini) of the Alliance autochtone du Québec in 1998. It eventually adopted its current name in 2006. Status: Active Registration: Cost: History: # of Members: Connections: Contact: Website Supporting Docs Court Cases Communauté autochtone Muskwa de Mistassini et Ville de Dolbeau-Mistassini