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Cardin c. R.

Cardin c. R.

  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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R. v. Terris 

R. v. Terris 

  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

R. v. Power

R. v. Power

  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

R. v. Russell

R. v. Russell

  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

Malone v. Canada (Attorney General)

Malone v. Canada (Attorney General)

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

Communauté autochtone et métisse de Davangus

Communauté autochtone et métisse de Davangus

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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Communauté autochtone de l’île Miscou

Communauté autochtone de l’île Miscou

Location: Miscou, NB Origins: 2016 Status: Active Registration: Registration is through membership in the East Coast First People Alliance/Alliance du premier peuple de la Côte-Est, a genealogy with any Indigenus ancestry at any time, or through a “positive” DNA test, according to their Facebook page. Cost: It costs $100 for initial membership and then $25 annually. History: According to its Facebook page, the organization started in the first half of 2016. # of Members: Connections: Its leader is a self-declared…

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Association autochtone hors-réserve du Québec

Association autochtone hors-réserve du Québec

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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Peuple Weskarinis de la Petite-Nation

Peuple Weskarinis de la Petite-Nation

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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