Open Meeting - groups falsely claiming "Métis" rights in our Territory

The Joint Council of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation (SON) is holding an open meeting about groups falsely claiming "Métis" rights in our Territory, the evidence for these claims, and how SON is responding to them.

For the past several years, the SON have been defending our Territory against false assertions by groups claiming to be "Métis".

There are two groups falsely claiming that they hold "Métis" rights in Saukiing Anishinaabekiing: the Georgian Bay Métis Council (GBMC), who are part of the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO), and the Historic Saugeen Métis (HSM), who are not part of MNO.

We know our history: there has never been any Métis community in our Territory.