Whereas the Native Council of Canada (NCC) exists to represent off-reserve
Aboriginal people, including Métis people in Canada, and
Whereas the Native Council of Canada negotiated the term ÏMétisÓ
into the Constitution Act 1982 with the intention of accommodating all
of its Métis constituents, and
Whereas the Metis National Council (MNC) has announced its intention
to pursue an agreement with Federal and provincial governments which will
create a definition of Métis which will exclude all Métis
not within the political infrastructure of the organizations named in the
Metis Accord,
Therefore be it resolved that affiliates of the NCC form a
Confederacy of Métis peoples within the NCC to address this and
other concerns of the Métis peoples of the NCC, and
Be it further resolved that this Confederacy of Métis Peoples
be authorized by this Assembly to invite other Métis peoples and
organizations to associate themselves with the Confederacy for the above
stated purposes, and
Be it further resolved that this Confederacy be authorized to approach
the Metis National Council with a view to developing a co-operative and
mutually beneficial resolution to the issues raised in the Metis Nation
Accord, and
Be it further resolved that if such negotiations should fail, the
Confederacy of Métis Peoples be authorized to take such other legitimate
action as may be necessary to insure equity of access to all Aboriginal
and Treaty rights applicable to them and to initiate such action as may
be necessary to defend themselves against abrogation and derogation of
their rights by virtue of the implementation of the Metis Nation Accord
or any part thereof.
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