Fenwick, Fred R. Métis Aboriginal Rights: Catch 22?
Document Type: Journal Articles (2)
Date of Document(s): 2004
Date Range Start : 1500
Date Range End: 1993
Indexing Progress: Relationship Indexed
Date Range Start : 1500
Date Range End: 1993
Indexing Progress: Relationship Indexed
Primary or Secondary Source: Secondary Source
Author: Fenwick, Fred R.
Title: Métis Aboriginal Rights: Catch 22?
Journal Title: From Law Now
Reprint Date: 2004
Date of Publication: Apr/May 2004
Date of Copyright: c2004
Volume ID: 28
Issue ID: 5
Location in Work: n/a
ISBN/ISSN: 08412626
Notes: journal article
Abstract: Some Métis nations have kept their historical ties to the lands and may have preserved hunting rights on unoccupied Crown lands (like Indians but without the official resrve and other federal benefits). In some areas in Northern Canada, the Metis have retained ties with their Indian relatives adn have received land claims settlements (for example the 1993 Sathu Dene and Metis Settlement near Great Bear Lake in the NWT). And in Alberta, the provincial government passed the 1990 Metis Settlement Act giving legal effect to the fact of the existence of Metis settlements and homelands in northern and eastern Alberta including the Buffalo Lake, East Prairie, Elizabeth Fishing Lake, Gift Lake, Kikino, Paddle Prairie and Peavine Settlements. Mixed race people naturally spread out into the continent and having a foot in both Indian and European cultures, they thrived, populated whatever territory we are talking about from Newfoundland to British Columbia and createed distinctive cultures. And it was always about culture, not just race. Certainly today you'd be hard pressed to find any "pure blood" (whatever that can mean) Indian or "white" person anywhere on the continent. And that situation goes back hundreds of years. After the very first European married the very first Indian, Metis were marrying Metis, Metis were marrying Indians that were actually mixed race etc. etc.
Title: Métis Aboriginal Rights: Catch 22?
Journal Title: From Law Now
Reprint Date: 2004
Date of Publication: Apr/May 2004
Date of Copyright: c2004
Volume ID: 28
Issue ID: 5
Location in Work: n/a
ISBN/ISSN: 08412626
Notes: journal article
Abstract: Some Métis nations have kept their historical ties to the lands and may have preserved hunting rights on unoccupied Crown lands (like Indians but without the official resrve and other federal benefits). In some areas in Northern Canada, the Metis have retained ties with their Indian relatives adn have received land claims settlements (for example the 1993 Sathu Dene and Metis Settlement near Great Bear Lake in the NWT). And in Alberta, the provincial government passed the 1990 Metis Settlement Act giving legal effect to the fact of the existence of Metis settlements and homelands in northern and eastern Alberta including the Buffalo Lake, East Prairie, Elizabeth Fishing Lake, Gift Lake, Kikino, Paddle Prairie and Peavine Settlements. Mixed race people naturally spread out into the continent and having a foot in both Indian and European cultures, they thrived, populated whatever territory we are talking about from Newfoundland to British Columbia and createed distinctive cultures. And it was always about culture, not just race. Certainly today you'd be hard pressed to find any "pure blood" (whatever that can mean) Indian or "white" person anywhere on the continent. And that situation goes back hundreds of years. After the very first European married the very first Indian, Metis were marrying Metis, Metis were marrying Indians that were actually mixed race etc. etc.