Know OUR History – Part 4 By Tony Belcourt Métis of Ontario defied and challenged the government in order to fight for our rights. A people stand up for their Nation. Now it’s time for the Nation to stand up for its people! In 2004, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources once again reneged on the deal to recognize the rights of our people to hunt and fish for food – a right recognized the previous year in the Supreme Court of Canada ruling in R v. Powley . They once again threatened our people with charges. But we said no. Our people stood their ground. I issued a call for our people to organize a fall hunt. This was my message at the time: Metis Hunt and Gathering on the French October 14, 2004 Metis Traditional Harvesting Territories of Mattawa-Nipissing and Georgian Bay As President of the Metis Nation of Ontario, and Chief Captain of the Hunt, I am calling for a Metis Hunt for social and...