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language română edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia aboriginal group of peoples part of a series on indigenous peoples in canada first nations inuit métis history timeline pre colonization genetics settler colonialism genocide schools hospitals denialism reconciliation politics indigenous law british columbia treaty process crown and indigenous peoples health policy idle no more indian act indigenous and northern affairs canada land back land claims land defender land title missing and murdered indigenous women numbered treaties royal commission self government specific claims treaty rights genocide case law organizations politics culture art indigenous cultures indigenous personalities country food music demographics indian reserves ab fn métis atlantic ca bc mb on qc sk territories pacific coast linguistics indigenous languages inuit languages chinuk wawa indigenous english dialects napa aboriginal syllabics chinuk pipa inuit grammar religions traditional beliefs inuit religion index index of articles indigenous first nations inuit métis stubs indigenous north americas canada portal v t e alberta s métis people are descendants of mixed first nations indigenous peoples and white european families the métis are considered an aboriginal group under canada s constitution act 1982 they are separate and distinct from first nations though they live in the same regions and have cultural similarities and have different legal rights alberta métis people edit different métis family groups attempted to combine the joint influences of the manitoba métis federation the métis nation of alberta and the métis nation saskatchewan this was done when in hopes that alberta s métis would receive land and resource rights 1 in alberta unlike in the rest of canada métis people have certain lands reserved for them under the métis population betterment act of 1938 known today as the eight métis settlements these métis settlements federated in 1975 to protect existing métis settlement lands following the alberta government s dissolution by order in council of four métis settlements from 1950 to 1960 following legal challenges by the federation of métis settlements in 1975 for the loss of natural resource against alberta the crown in right of alberta settled out of court and passed a suite of legislation that would see self government land and money transferred to the newly formed government of the métis settlements general council msgc 2 canada s only métis self government the msgc is the legislator of the federation of métis settlements most people who self identify as métis in alberta do not live in a métis settlement according to the 2016 census 57 7 of self reported métis in alberta lived in either census division no 11 which includes the edmonton metropolitan region or census division no 6 which includes the calgary metropolitan region with the majority of those residing in edmonton 3 these métis people are represented politically by one of three organizations the métis nation of alberta founded in 1928 the alberta métis federation founded in 2020 or the aboriginal congress of alberta association history edit this section needs more citations please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed april 2013 learn how and when to remove this message métis history in alberta begins with the north american fur trade the métis developed as a people by the interactions of european fur trading agents and first nations communities from 1670 to 1821 métis populations grew regionally typically around fur trading posts of the north west company and the hudson s bay company 4 for example fort edmonton spawned a large métis population that was involved in an annual buffalo hunt for many years 5 these métis helped to establish the nearby settlements of lac ste anne 1844 6 st albert 1861 7 lac la biche 1853 and st paul de métis 1890 8 the hudson s bay company s land claim in the west called rupert s land was sold to the newly formed dominion of canada with the passing of the british north america act 1867 canadas founding constitution 1867 the sale of the hudson s bay company s territory in 1869 70 officially ended its legal monopoly on the fur trade not enforced since the trial of métis trapper guillaume sayer in 1849 the fur trade was an economic boom for the métis as it opened the fur and buffalo meat trades to private métis and non metis traders however it also exposed them to a flood of european and canadian colonists seeking to profit and disenfranchise the métis from their lands métis living closer to canadian occupied territory such as the red river métis today in parts of manitoba and saskatchewan took up arms against the canadian government in the two failed riel rebellions or riel resistances in 1869 and 1885 in an attempt to assert their rights in the face of the newcomers following the rebellions some red river métis fled northwest married into the northwest métis populations of northern alberta formerly known as the district of athabaska in the north west territories or assimilated into surrounding euro canadian society the end of these rebellions combined with the collapse of the fur and buffalo meat industries forced many albertan métis off their lands and reduced them to critical levels of poverty on the whole the métis cultures and communities survived with farming ranching fishing and industry replacing their traditional economy of fur trading as the main economic activity in the parkland belt though trapping and hunting have remained very important in the rocky mountain and boreal forest regions more urban métis who live in close proximity to other cultural groups may have intermarried and assimilated into mainstream euro albertan society to the point that their descendants no longer recognize themselves as métis however in much of northern alberta the métis in more remote rural and isolated communities have remained culturally distinct citation needed many of the contemporary métis settlement population have retained their unique cultural heritage and history due to land grants provided by king george v by way of the metis population betterment act of 1938 this act gave back a certain amount of land to the métis for their use in 1990 the constitution would be the alberta amendment act 3 9 in the early 20th century as a response to métis dispossession and impoverishment following the collapse of the fur trade and marginalization of métis by the newly dominate canadian society métis political organization dormant since the riel rebellions was revived in the 1920s by a number of competing organizations such as the half breed association the métis association and the half breed association of northern alberta in 1932 a lasting and successful organization was founded following large half breed gatherings in frog lake and fishing lake these gatherings were organized by grassroots leaders such as charles delores and dieudonne collins they called upon the expertise of a local enfranchised indian named joesepf dion of the kehewin cree nation approximately 20 km 12 mi from st paul des metis the lasting organization would be known as l association des métis d alberta et les territories du nord ouest by the métis famous five malcolm norris jim brady peter tomkins joseph dion and felix calliou this organization would fight for the recognition and formal establishment of the métis settlements the famous five would go on to pressure the government of alberta on behalf of the metis populations for a protected homeland in response to the pressured lobbying the alberta legislature would call for a royal commission entitled the ewing commission to investigate the conditions of the half breeds métis within the province the ewing commission s ewing royal commission final report called for a métis land base and that it be provided by the provincial government under the natural resource transfer act 1930 in 1895 permanent settlements were erected ottawa had allowed the oblate missionaries to enter into a 21 year lease under the dominion lands act 10 the result of the report was the creation of twelve métis settlements in 1938 by way of the métis population betterment act in the late 1950s four of these settlements touchwood marlboro cold lake and wolf lake were closed requiring residents to relocate to the remaining eight settlements all north of edmonton in 1938 the peavine metis settlement encompassed 86 245 ha 213 120 acres of boreal forest due to being resettled so many times the métis on the peavine metis settlement were not very connected to that land compared to their ancestors 11 the alberta federation of metis settlements now metis settlements of alberta was formed in 1975 as the umbrella organization to unite all eight settlement councils different métis groups attempted to combine the joint influences of the manitoba métis federation the métis nation of alberta and métis nation saskatchewan this was done in hope that the métis of alberta would receive land and resource rights 1 in 1989 through decades of negotiations and meetings the alberta federation of metis settlements and the government of alberta reached an agreement the alberta metis settlements accord 12 that involved the payment of 310 million to the métis and the passage of four bills the legislation consisted of the metis settlements accord implementation act bill 33 the metis settlements land protection act bill 34 the metis settlements act bill 35 and the constitution of alberta amendment act 1990 bill 36 through this legislation title to a total of 1 250 000 acres 510 000 ha of land was transferred to the metis settlements general council msgc 13 14 as of the 2006 canadian census big lakes county had the most métis people per capita of any canadian census subdivision with a population of 5 000 or more this was due to the inclusion of the population of three métis settlements within big lakes county s totals citation needed recently many other métis people have moved to larger urban centres becoming urban aboriginals in 2006 a total of 27 740 persons living in the edmonton census metropolitan area cma identified as métis accounting for just over half 53 of the region s aboriginal population 15 between 2001 and 2006 the métis population in the edmonton cma grew by 32 15 despite their recent legal victories métis people in alberta still faced higher rates of unemployment and disease and lower average incomes than their non aboriginal neighbours as of 2006 15 the exact population number of métis people in alberta is undetermined due to the details surrounding what qualifies a person to be considered métis usually a métis person is someone that descended from an indigenous person and a caucasian settler however there are a few different groups that consider themselves to be métis including indigenous peoples who are from manitoba red river métis of the 1800s or all indigenous peoples from canada that are not recognized under the indian act 16 mountain métis edit the mountain métis are a distinct métis group who are descendants of métis who lived in the athabasca river valley near jasper house in the rocky mountains of alberta in 1909 and 1910 a small group of families were evicted from jasper national park by the federal government to enable the creation of the park they were compensated only for their improvements made to the land and not the land itself their descendants have fought since that time for compensation and recognition of their rights as an aboriginal group their lobbying along with non métis trappers and guides was partly responsible the creation of the willmore wilderness park in the 1950s which they hoped would protect this hunting and trapping ground from oil and gas exploration 10 they have since come into conflict with some environmentalists and government officials who would prefer to exclude hunting and trapping from all parks in alberta 17 the mountain métis are represented by grande cache metis local 1994 a local affiliate of the métis nation of alberta politics edit see also métis nation of alberta the government of canada has been in negotiations since with two métis organizations the métis nation of alberta mna since 2016 18 and the métis settlements general council msgc since 2017 19 the msgc is the political and administrative body for the collective interests of the eight metis settlements the general council has 44 members consisting of 40 elected members from the settlements and 4 elected executive members 20 in june 2019 the government of canada signed a métis government recognition and self government agreement with the métis nation of alberta by which canada recognized that the métis nation within alberta has an inherent right to self government and mandated the mna to implement this right on its behalf 21 during the constitutional talks in the early 1980s the mnaa was revived the mandate of the mna is to be a representative voice on behalf of métis people in alberta provide métis people an opportunity to participate in the government s policy and decision making process and promote and facilitate the advancement of métis people through the pursuit of self reliance self determination and self management overall the mna has evolved from an organization with a small membership to an organization whose membership exceeds 35 000 people spread across alberta focused on community consultation and representation to an organization that is both a representative body and a program and service provider responsible for implementing specific projects to an organization responsible for providing ongoing programs and services and that simply reacted to government policy changes to an organization that is called upon to actively participate in the policy formulation process expectations have been established for the mna through the alberta mna framework agreement process federal provincial mna tripartite process agreement process and government of alberta s aboriginal policy framework a steady rise has been observed in the number of métis people in alberta who have registered as members of the mna métis people in alberta are recognizing the benefits of mna memberships and the importance of the mna as an organization as well the mna has transitioned from solely a representative body to an organization responsible and accountable for the ongoing delivery of a variety of programs and services the mna continues to make strides as an organization and develops and implements a number of projects and initiatives including apeetogosan...