| Summary: | Between 1876 and 1982, Métis were excluded from federal Indian policy, as they were not recognized as indigenous owing to the discriminatory and assimilationist clauses within the Indian Act. However, numerous spaces emerged for the recognition of the indigenous nature of the rights and identities of Métis and non-status Indians (MNSI) amid the creation of the Native Council of Canada in 1971 and the repatriation of the Canadian constitution in 1982. Among these were the creation of MNSI representative organizations across the country, the funding of historical and legal research for land claims, and lastly, the recognition of Métis rights as an Aboriginal people within the constitution. Within the scope of these spaces and the pressing context of land claims and constitutional repatriation, the NCC and the Laurentian Alliance of Metis and non-status Indians (LAMNSI) highlighted different ideas and definitions on the rights and identities of MNSI people in Canada in order to be recognized by the state. For this reason, the CNAC valued an ethno-national concept of Métis that was centered around the Red River community. Consequently, LAMNSI argued that there was no such thing as a Métis Nation in Quebec or in eastern Canada. Instead, LAMNSI affirmed that its members belonged to the historical, cultural and familial realities of the First Nations. Entre 1876 et 1982, en raison de la Loi sur les Indiens et ses clauses assimilatrices et discriminatoires, les Métis sont exclus des politiques indiennes du gouvernement fédéral et ne sont pas reconnus en tant qu’Autochtones. Entre la création du Conseil national des Autochtones du Canada (CNAC) en 1971 et le rapatriement de la constitution du Canada en 1982, de nombreux espaces de reconnaissance des droits et des identités autochtones des Métis et des Indiens sans statut (MISS) émergent au Canada. D’abord par la création des organisations représentatives MISS à travers le pays, ensuite par le financement de recherches historiques et légales dans le cadre des ...
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