Location: Sturgeon Falls, Ontario Origins: Status: Active Registration: Cost: History: # of Members: Connections: Contact: Has active Facebook page under West Nipissing Woodland Metis Community Center Supporting Docs Public Health Agency of Canada information page Court Cases
Location: Sudbury, Ontario Origins: Incorporated on June 18, 2019 Status: Active Registration: Cost: History: Federal Corporation Information # of Members: Connections: Contact: Supporting Docs Court Cases
Location: Barrie, Ontario Origins: Inaugural meeting on Saturday July 10, 2011, at “Dock’s Riverfront Restaurant” in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. Adopted Huronia Aboriginal Peoples’ Federation as its first name. Status: Active Registration: Cost: History: # of Members: According to their website (December 2019), they have 55 members. Connections: Contact: Website Website (2013-2015) Supporting Docs Court Cases
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
Location: District de Saint-Maurice, QC Origins: 2013 Status: Inactive Registration: Cost: History: Created by a small group of men who were served an eviction notice by the Conseil des Atikamekw de Manawan (Manawan Atikamekw Council) The men refused to leave their cabins and created the organization to claim they had Aboriginal rights over the specific land in question near Manawan. The organization only existed between 2013 and 2016, by this time the men had joined the Communauté Métis autochtone de…
Location: Saint-Raymond, QC Origins: Status: Active Registration: Not clear if it has membership or whether it’s involved in advocacy only Cost: History: # of Members: Connections: Contact: Facebook page Supporting Docs Court Cases N/A
Location: Whitefield, NH Origins: Status: Active Registration: Cost: History: # of Members: Connections: Contact: https://koasek-abenaki.com/index.htm Supporting Docs Organization is listed on New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources website with contact information. Court Cases
Location: Weare, NH Origins: Status: Active Registration: Clear that any “blood” relation = membership. “A verifiable genealogical line to a recognized native ancestor must be submitted with the application.” The “Tribe’s” focus on long-ago ancestry is clear in the genealogical resources it provides on its website, mostly related to French-Canadian ancestry/genealogy and the advice on deciphering Jesuit orthography from 17th century. Their “chief” and lead genealogist equivocates between “Métis” and “Abenaki” identity. Cost: History: # of Members: Connections: Contact:…
Location: Fort-Coulonge, QC Origins: Prior to 2010 Status: Active Registration: Cost: History: Has gone through many name changes. Current name adopted in June 2019, according to its FB page. It has also been listed as the following: From 2014-2019, it was Algonquins Hors-Réserve Fort-Coulonge From 2010 to 2014, it was La Communauté Métis-Autochtones de Fort-Coulonge (founding name) Its so-called chief has also listed as leader of the following two “communities” in his public bios: Kichesipirinis Kichesipirini du Secteur Pontiac…
Location: Origins: 2018 Status: Active Registration: Cost: History: # of Members: Connections: Affiliated with the Council of First Metis People of Canada/Metis Nation of Canada, Inc. Contact: https://www.metisofsaintjohn.com/ Supporting Docs Court Cases