Eastern Metis chief says Mi’kmaq, Metis National Council are ‘fear mongering’
HALIFAX — The chief of one of the largest eastern Metis groups is condemning an agreement between the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs and the Metis National Council, saying it creates “unnecessary harm and anguish.”
Karole Dumont of the Council of the First Metis People of Canada says the memorandum of understanding between the two groups is “fear mongering” and an attempt to “raise the Mi’kmaq against the Metis” — many of whom she says share the same ancestors.
The agreement “paints all the Metis in Nova Scotia with the same negative brush, and condemns all of them for the wrongs of a few,” she said in a statement.
In a memorandum of understanding released Wednesday, the Mi’kmaq chiefs and the Metis National Council said they will work together to educate the public about what they call the “legitimate Metis Nation and Mi’kmaq issues.”