The Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) a federally recognized
Métis organization provincially incorporated in
Manitoba
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Canada
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, on 28 December 1967. Its current president is
David Chartrand. In September of 2021, the MMF withdrew from the
Métis National Council
The Métis National Council (french: Ralliement national des Métis) is the representative body of the Métis people of northwestern Canada. The MNC represents the Métis Nation both nationally and internationally, receiving direction from the ele ...
, 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
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, MMF received a $460,200 grant from the
Public Health Agency of Canada
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's Immunization Partnership Fund to increase acceptance of
COVID-19 vaccines
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Prior to the COVID19 pandemic, an est ...
among
Métis citizens in
Manitoba
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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
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Indigenous organizations in Manitoba
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