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Commons · WiktionaryThe Métis Nation of Alberta was formed in 1932 as the Metis Association of Alberta. Its primary goal was to be a political body to lobby the government on behalf of the Métis people. Its primary founding members were Felice Callihoo, Joseph Dion, James P. Brady, Malcolm Norris, Peter Tompkins. Currently the MNA has 6 regional boards. They have branches that deal with unemployment, children services, land agreements and the rights of Métis people as Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
The organization's President is Audrey Poitras since 1996. Alberta has the largest population of Métis of any province.
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Métis settlements
The Métis of Alberta are the only Métis in Canada to have a legislated land base. There are eight Métis Settlements covering an area of 1,400,000 acres (5,700 km2). The land is held in fee simple, but is held collectively for the Métis by Alberta's Lieutenant-Governor General.
The eight Settlements are:
Métis Settlements of Alberta Settlement
NameArea* Population
(2009)[1](km²) (acres) Buffalo Lake Métis Settlement 353.8 87,420 1,206 East Prairie Métis Settlement 333.8 82,480 906 Elizabeth Métis Settlement 261.8 64,690 820 Fishing Lake Métis Settlement 386.3 95,464 952 Gift Lake Métis Settlement 861.6 212,916 999 Kikino Métis Settlement 456.0 112,675 1,113 Paddle Prairie Métis Settlement 1,728.9 427,214 1,089 Peavine Métis Settlement 840.0 207,577 905 References
- ^ Alberta Municipal Affairs. "Alberta 2009 Official Population List". http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/documents/LGS/2009pop.pdf. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
Further reading
- Barkwell, Lawrence J., Leah Dorion, and Audreen Hourie. Metis legacy Michif culture, heritage, and folkways. Metis legacy series, v. 2. Saskatoon: Gabriel Dumont Institute, 2006. ISBN 0920915809
- Barkwell, Lawrence J., Leah Dorion and Darren Prefontaine. "Metis Legacy: A Historiography and Annotated Bibliography". Winnipeg: Pemmican Publications Inc. and Saskatoon: Gabriel Dumont Institute, 2001. ISBN 1-894717-03-1
- Bell, Catherine Edith. Alberta's Metis Settlements Legislation An Overview of Ownership and Management of Settlements Lands. Regina, Sask., Canada: Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina, 1994. ISBN 0889770816
- Driben, Paul. We Are Metis The Ethnography of a Halfbreed Community in Northern Alberta. Immigrant communities & ethnic minorities in the United States & Canada, 2. New York: AMS Press, 1985. ISBN 0404194060
- Gordon, Naomi, and Maria King. Voices of Courage Alberta Métis Veterans Remembered. 2006. ISBN 0973689528
- Pocklington, T. C. The Government and Politics of the Alberta Metis Settlements. Regina, Sask., Canada: Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina, 1991. ISBN 0889770603
- Sawchuk, Joe. The Dynamics of Native Politics The Alberta Metis Experience. Purich's Aboriginal issues series. Saskatoon: Purich Pub, 1998. ISBN 1895830095
External links
Member organizations of the Métis National Council Métis Nation British Columbia · Manitoba Métis Federation · Métis Nation of Ontario · Métis Nation of Alberta · Métis Nation - SaskatchewanNational Aboriginal organisations in Canada
Assembly of First Nations · Congress of Aboriginal Peoples · Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami · Métis National Council · Native Women's Association of Canada · Pauktuutit · First Nations government
Native Friendship Centre · National Aboriginal Health Organization · First Nations Bank of Canada · Inuit Circumpolar Council · Metis Child and Family Services SocietySee also: International rights organizationsCategories:- Alberta stubs
- Métis organizations
- Métis in Alberta
- Indigenous rights organizations
- Organizations based in Alberta
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