Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Métis Nation of Ontario" in English language version.
... Upon signing this Agreement, Canada officially recognizes that the Métis Nation of Ontario is the Indigenous government representing its citizens and Métis communities within Ontario ...
People of mixed blood in the region either integrated into Indigenous communities or assimilated with European newcomers, unlike the distinct Metis People of Louis Riel in Western Canada. "When you're looking at the Maritimes and Quebec, the children of intermarriage were accepted by either party, in our case the Mi'kmaq or the Acadian," Mi'kmaw elder and historian Daniel Paul says. "There was no such thing as a Metis community here in this region."
... The Métis Government is the democratic representative of the Métis Communities Represented by the MNO with the responsibility for providing responsible and accountable self-government for its Citizens and Métis Communities in Ontario. ...
... The Métis Communities Represented by the MNO is one of the Métis collectivities that together make up the Métis Nation, an Indigenous People that emerged with its own identity, language, culture, institutions, and way of life in the Historic Métis Nation Homeland before Canada's westward expansion into the historic North-West. ...
M. Sarrazin fait référence à une résolution du Ralliement national des Métis (RNM), qui exige de la NMO la mise en place d'une définition plus stricte du statut de Métis pour mettre fin à une probation. 'La probation, je m'en fous, car [le Ralliement] n'a aucune autorité sur nous, affirme Mme Picotte.'
