Statement on Métis Nation Saskatchewan (MN-S)

Press Release

Yesterday, we received disappointing news that the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) has passed a resolution to formally withdraw from the Métis National Council (MNC).

The MNC was formed more than 40 years ago to bring a national and international voice for Métis across the Homeland. Through strong partnerships and collaboration, the Otipemisiwak Métis Government and other Métis affiliate governments worked through the MNC to move forward with our self-determination and self-government journeys.

Our Métis government will continue this important work. The decision by the MN-S does not change our resolve or the very clear mandate we have from Métis Citizens within Alberta to continue to advance our self-government journey.

We will continue to negotiate a modern-day treaty with the Crown, on a nation-to-nation, government-to-government basis. We remain committed to the formal recognition of our inherent rights to self-determination and self-government and our jurisdiction as an Indigenous government. We will continue to work in collaboration with other Métis governments to advance our shared goals, as we have done for more than 90 years as the government of our Métis Citizens within Alberta.

We continue to move forward, undeterred.

President Andrea Sandmaier
Otipemisiwak Métis Government

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