Thanks for the info Larry. Why would they not join the first nations of whatever tribe their native side comes from but make up a new tribe of several different tribes with the common link of French blood? Is that what you mean? Excuse my ignorance here, this is really a new one to me. -----Original Message----- From: Larry F. Friend [mailto:friend@2z.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 1:29 PM To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NISHNAWBE] Metis - Band/Tribe/Nation Kareen Metis is French for mixed bloods. Through time they banded together living a lifestyle and created a language basically there own. The clothing was colorful, the foods became rather unique to there ways. Some seem to think mostly of the Red River Valley community but Metis were and are across Canada and the the upper US border states. Baically a a culture of white and Indian mix. We have recently received the same recognition/staus as an Indian in Canada. Many have struggled long and hard to get to this point but the struggle will continue to right the wrongs of the past. Here in Minnesota we have numerous bands (each rez is a band) that make up the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. Chippewa tribes are locate Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and more. Yet Canada has more Chippewa that there are in the US. Taking into to account all of the Chippewa of the US and Canada you have the Chippewa Nation. We are divided by an artificial line and government beaurocracy with US side Chippewa not being recognized by Canada andvice versa.. Hope that helps... Larry Friend (Black Buffalo) friend@2z.net -----Original Message----- From: Kareen Lewis [mailto:klewis@lrboi.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 8:25 AM To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [NISHNAWBE] Mackinac County ALHN Site What is Metis? Is that a tribe? ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Kareen Everybody is different and has different and varying reasons for everything and anything including what they join or do not, can or cannot join.. The main point though is that the Canadian government in the past has ignored the idea completely and denied the Birth Given Rights of so many. Larry -----Original Message----- From: Kareen Lewis [mailto:klewis@lrboi.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 12:42 PM To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [NISHNAWBE] Metis - Band/Tribe/Nation Thanks for the info Larry. Why would they not join the first nations of whatever tribe their native side comes from but make up a new tribe of several different tribes with the common link of French blood? Is that what you mean? Excuse my ignorance here, this is really a new one to me. -----Original Message----- From: Larry F. Friend [mailto:friend@2z.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 1:29 PM To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NISHNAWBE] Metis - Band/Tribe/Nation Kareen Metis is French for mixed bloods. Through time they banded together living a lifestyle and created a language basically there own. The clothing was colorful, the foods became rather unique to there ways. Some seem to think mostly of the Red River Valley community but Metis were and are across Canada and the the upper US border states. Baically a a culture of white and Indian mix. We have recently received the same recognition/staus as an Indian in Canada. Many have struggled long and hard to get to this point but the struggle will continue to right the wrongs of the past. Here in Minnesota we have numerous bands (each rez is a band) that make up the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. Chippewa tribes are locate Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and more. Yet Canada has more Chippewa that there are in the US. Taking into to account all of the Chippewa of the US and Canada you have the Chippewa Nation. We are divided by an artificial line and government beaurocracy with US side Chippewa not being recognized by Canada andvice versa.. Hope that helps... Larry Friend (Black Buffalo) friend@2z.net -----Original Message----- From: Kareen Lewis [mailto:klewis@lrboi.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 8:25 AM To: NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [NISHNAWBE] Mackinac County ALHN Site What is Metis? Is that a tribe? ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237