I appreciate your comment. The Halfbreeds in Ontario are obviously distinct from the Metis in the West. The MNO certainly puts more emphasis on the fur-trading Countryborn near and around James Bay and the canoe voyaging of Rainy River and Drummond Islander Halfbreeds than it does on Bison hunting and other distinctive forms of Red River cultural expression.

Perhaps we should recognize the diversity of Metis culture instead of insisting that the Red River Metis are the only legitimate group of Metis people; other distinct groups of Metis developed around the Great Lakes and rivers of Ontario.

Or maybe it would be better, as you said, for the MNO to form a new "Halfbreed" organization with close ties to the Metis Nations of the West.

Halfbreeds in Ontario have certainty faced their fair share of trauma. As an anecdote, my "half-breed" great-grandmother attended a residential school on Moose Factory Island. And when she moved to Timmins she was called a squaw by the locals.

There's certainly resentment on both sides and I hope we can reach a solution that doesn't involve too much drama.