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: 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
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…
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…
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: 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…
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:…