If you answered -no- to all three questions, then it is fairly certain that you are not eligible to, and probably would not want to identify yourself as a Metis person.

In which case we can welcome you as a curious explorer or researcher and we hope that we can provide you with some useful information about Metis in Canada.

If you answered -yes- to the first two questions and -no- to this one, it seems safe to assume that you do not live in a Metis community and/or are not a member of a Metis organization. In which case, the lack of that recognition would have little effect on your capacity to assert your Metis identity.

It is just possible that you do live in a Metis community and are being ostracized for some reason, or have been refused membership or expelled from a Metis organization --it has happened-- but we will give you the benefit of any doubt and assume this is not the case. You can, of course, still insist on asserting Metis identity without community support and/or recognition. In fact, the only time when community recognition becomes a critical factor in identifying an individual as a Metis, is when an individual asserts his/her eligibility for some benefit which accrues to a specific Metis community. In most cases if that specific community does not accept you both as Metis and/or a member, you are unlikely to be eligible for such a benefit, no matter how you identify yourself.

If you answered -no- to the first question and -yes- to the second and then -no- to this question, you must be in a very difficult situation. Apart from adoption or marriage it is difficult to imagine how such a situation would be created. We would very much like to hear from you about how that would work.