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Location: Little Bras d’Or, NS Origins: Status: Active Registration:   Cost: Registration fee History: Created sometime in mid-2000s, based on 10+ generation ancestry # of Members: Several hundred  Connections: Contact: Facebook page Website Supporting Docs Kelland, Ariana and Katie Breen. “Mi’kmaw lawyer, academic calls on MUN to investigate president over statements on Indigenous heritage.”  CBC News. March 9, 2023. Smith, Craig S. “In Canada, Feeling ‘Robbed’ of Indian Identity, and Benefits.” New York Times. December 1, 2016. Court Cases    

  Case Number: 2019 NSPC 11 Offence(s): Criminal  Location: Dartmouth, NS Date of Offence(s): N/A Association(s): Confederacy of Nova Scotia Métis Status: Decision: Judge ruled against defendant’s Métis identity as collectively held. Documentation: https://canlii.ca/t/grpxz https://canlii.ca/t/jcjcv

  Case Number: 2016 NSPC 30 Offence(s): Location: Dartmouth, NS Date of Offence(s): N/A Association(s): Eastern Woodland Métis Nation of Nova Scotia Status: Decision: Judge accepted defendant’s Gladue report, recognized him as “Métis Mi’kmaq” Documentation: https://canlii.ca/t/grpxz

  Case Number: 2002 NSPC 018 Offence(s): Hunting moose out of season and without a license Location: Baddeck, Nova Scotia Date of Offence(s): October 10, 2001 Association(s): Metis Council of Nova Scotia Status: Decision: Judge ruled against defendant. Documentation: https://canlii.ca/t/5f98

Case Number: 2021 FC 127 Offence(s): No offence, appeal of federal government decision about Jordan’s Principle funding Location: Judgment in Ottawa, Ontario, though Applicant lives in Nova Scotia Date of Offence(s): Association(s): The Applicant has no known membership in an organization, but claims a “Mi’kmaq-Acadian” or “Acadian-Métis” identity based on 300-year-old+ ancestry Status: Decision: Judge ruled against the applicant. Documentation: https://canlii.ca/t/jd540

  Location: Halifax Origins: Status: Inactive Registration: Cost: History: Incorporated in 2003, folded by 2005. One of their directors is spokesperson for 7 orgs in NS as of 2018. # of Members: Connections: Contact: Supporting Docs Court Cases

  Location: Origins: 1999 Status: Inactive Registration: Cost: History: Posts on its website between 2002-2009. Starting in 2004, starts talking about “Acadian-Métis” on its website. Headed by Wendy Annand. Incorporated in 2004, folded in 2009. # of Members: Connections: Member of Canadian Métis Council, based in Hamilton. Members organizations also included Annapolis Valley Métis Council, Yarmouth & District Métis Council, Eldawik Métis Council (Halifax), South West Nova Scotia Métis Council, Kespu’kwitk Métis Council (Tusket), We’kopekwitk Métis Council (Truro) Contact: http://www.geocities.com:80/nsmetis/culture.html…

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  Location: Origins: Status: Inactive Registration: Cost: History: Inactive, was at its peak around 2007-2009. Connected with Lloyd Fournier, former “chief.” # of Members: Connections: Contact: Supporting Docs Court Cases

  Location: Tusket, NS Origins: 2018 Status: Active Registration:   Cost:   History: No trace online. Only trace is in NS registry of corporate bodies.   # of Members:   Connections:   Contact:   Supporting Docs   Court Cases  

  Location: Mineville, NS Origins: June 2018 Status: Active Registration:   Cost:   History: Founded by Greg Burke and 5 other directors in 2017. Offshoot of the Bras d’Or Métis Nation/Unama’ki Voyageur Métis Nation. # of Members:   Connections: Bras d’Or Métis Nation/Unama’ki Voyageur Métis Nation. Contact:   Supporting Docs   Court Cases