Just an sidenote....our king goes by many names...the most complete of which is
Richard Brent Kincaid-Lake-O'riley
Not kidding about that one. I think we can put this one to bed.
Richard I feel for you. Let the anger go. Be yourself, nobody's ancestry defines the type of man that person is to become. You make that choice yourself. Declaring yourself "King" or "Paramount Chief" or falsely letting others believe that's a real title you have will only make YOU look crazy. Not the other way around.
You may want to read the organizations web-pages to learn what Metis people really are. Unfortunately you aren't one of them. You're just Richard. The organizations you put up that you say endorse your newly created group are just organizations. They are not Metis communities.
From the Metis Nation of Ontario Website (one of the organizations you claim recognize your group)
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http://www.metisnation.org/culture/home.htmlMétis History and Culture
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The Métis Nation evolved in the historic north-west in the 18th and 19th centuries. Born of a mixture of French and Scottish fur traders and Cree, Ojibwa, Saulteaux, an d Assiniboine women, the Métis in the north-west developed as a people, distinct from either Indian or European.
Following the annexation of the north-west by Canada in 1869, the political economy of the Métis was destroyed. Both the Manitoba Act (1870) and the Dominion Lands Act (1879) recognized Métis claims to Aboriginal title, but the federal government moved to unilaterally extinguish these claims through individual land and grants scrip. Denied the recognition of their collective rights, the Métis became Canada's "forgotten people". Only in Alberta was any action taken to alleviate Métis distress through the establishment of Métis settlements by the provincial government in 1938. The Métis were officially recognized as one of Canada's Aboriginal Peoples in the Canadian Constitution of 1982.
The estimated number of Métis in Canada varies widely, from 300,000 to 800,000. A proposed federal enumeration could provide a more accurate count of Canada's Métis population. Métis account for more than 20% of the Aboriginal population.
Most Métis live in western Canada, both in remote and urban communities and in Métis-only and mixed communities. There are over 300 Métis communities; most are English-speaking with some northern communities using Cree or Michif. The Métis are distinguished by their unique Michif languages.
The Métis have never received the benefits governments grant to Status Indians and Inuit. In its final report the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples stated "it is unjust and
unreasonable to withhold from Métis people the services and opportunities available to other Aboriginal peoples".
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Also from MNO, the national definition of Metis:
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http://www.metisnation.org/registry/home.htmlNational Definition of Métis
As Adopted at the Métis National Council’s 18th AGA in Edmonton, AB on September 27th -28th, 2002
1.1 "Métis" means a person who self-identifies as Métis, is distinct from other Aboriginal peoples, is of Historic Métis Nation ancestry, and is accepted by the Métis Nation.
Defined Terms in National Definition of Métis
1.2 "Historic Métis Nation" means the Aboriginal people then known as Métis or Half-breeds who resided in the Historic Métis Nation Homeland
1.3 "Historic Métis Nation Homeland" means the area of land in west central North America used and occupied as the traditional territory of the Métis or Half-breeds as they were then known.
1.4 "Métis Nation" means the Aboriginal people descended from the Historic Métis Nation which is now comprised of all Métis Nation citizens and is one of the "aboriginal peoples of Canada" within the meaning of s.35 of the Constitution Act 1982.
1.5 "Distinct from other Aboriginal peoples" means distinct for cultural and nationhood purposes.
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None of these definitions apply to a startup "Nation" with it's leaders having Lakota, Chickasaw or Cherokee ancestry. I hate to break it to you Richard, but by the criteria you've posted that you want us to go by....you don't qualify as Metis either.
But their ain't nothin' wrong with bein' yourself and honoring your ancestry. You just have a lot to learn about it.
Superdog
