With changing definitions occasioned by the Supreme Court, while your ancestry may not be considered as Section 35 Rights-bearing Métis today, it may instead be considered ‘Métis’ under the more recent Daniels supreme court case. MNO only represents Section 35 communities and individuals, not people who may be considered Métis under the Daniels decision.

My name is Andrea Beauvais, and I descend from the Ménard family: voyageurs, interpreters, fur traders, and Métis community builders who lived in Fort Michilimackinac and Montreal and Oka for centuries (17th to 19th century). Their identities were recorded not just in parish registers, but in the contours of a culture that was born between worlds. And while their names remain etched in history, their descendants are being written out.

This isn’t just a writing project. It’s a national memory project. And if you’re the kind of person who believes quiet leadership is still worth paying attention to—well, I made this for you.

Dr. Darrell Menard in Russell, Ontario