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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