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The Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) a federally recognized
Métis The Métis ( ; Canadian ) are Indigenous peoples who inhabit Canada's three Prairie Provinces, as well as parts of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and the Northern United States. They have a shared history and culture which derives ...
organization provincially incorporated in Manitoba, Canada, on 28 December 1967. Its current president is
David Chartrand David N. Chartrand, (January 23, 1960) is a Métis politician and activist who has served as the democratically elected President of the Manitoba Métis Federation since 1997. He is the longest serving President of the Manitoba Métis Federatio ...
. In September of 2021, the MMF withdrew from the Métis National Council, due to that organization's failure to uphold th
2002 nationally accepted definition of Métis


Leadership

The first non-elected Board of Directors was Adam Cuthand, Joe Keeper and Alfred Disbrowe. The successive presidents of the MMF have been the following.


Activities

During the COVID-19 pandemic, MMF received a $460,200 grant from the Public Health Agency of Canada's Immunization Partnership Fund to increase acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines among
Métis The Métis ( ; Canadian ) are Indigenous peoples who inhabit Canada's three Prairie Provinces, as well as parts of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and the Northern United States. They have a shared history and culture which derives ...
citizens in Manitoba.


Further reading

* Barkwell, Lawrence J., Leah Dorion, and Audreen Hourie. Métis legacy Michif culture, heritage, and folkways. Métis legacy series, v. 2. Saskatoon: Gabriel Dumont Institute, 2006. *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. * Chartrand, Paul L. A. H. ''Manitoba's Métis Settlement Scheme of 1870''. Saskatoon: Native Law Centre, University of Saskatchewan, 1991. * Flanagan, Thomas. ''Metis Lands in Manitoba''. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1991. * McFee, Janice. ''Famous Manitoba Métis''. Winnipeg: Manitoba Métis Federation Press, 1974. * Morrison, Sheila Jones. ''Rotten to the Core The Politics of the Manitoba Métis Federation''. Victoria, B.C.: 101060, 1995. * Pelletier, E. ''A Social History of the Manitoba Métis''. Winnipeg: Manitoba Métis Federation Press, 1977. * Sawchuk, Joe. ''The Metis of Manitoba Reformulation of an Ethnic Identity''. Toronto: P. Martin Associates, 1978. * Sealey, D. Bruce. ''Statutory Land Rights of the Manitoba Metis''. Winnipeg, Man: Manitoba Métis Federation Press, 1975. * Sealey, D. Bruce. ''Education of the Manitoba Metis An Historical Sketch''. Winnipeg: Dept. of Education, Native Education Branch, 1977. * St-Onge, Nicole J. M. ''Saint-Laurent, Manitoba Evolving Métis Identities, 1850-1914''. Canadian plains studies, 45. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina, 2004. Indigenous rights organizations Non-profit organizations based in Manitoba Métis organizations 1967 establishments in Manitoba


References

* Indigenous organizations in Manitoba {{Manitoba-stub