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The Métis seek rights under two categories, land and resource rights and self-governing rights. The Métis do not advocate sovereignty or separation from Canada. Instead, we desire greater control over our lives within Canada, the same objectives that motivated the 1869 and 1885 resistance struggles.
Land rights would be exercised in the traditional areas of Métis residence in what is considered the Métis Homeland. Ownership of these lands includes use of the land as well as surface and subsurface rights to resources. The Métis seek the opportunity to develop the forests and minerals, and to exercise traditional practices (hunting, fishing, trapping and gathering rights) on crown lands and on other lands to which they are given access. Also, the Métis wish to participate in the development of resources on crown lands adjacent to Métis land, including resource revenue sharing.
The Métis also seek compensation for lands that traditionally belonged to the Métis but were lost in the development of the western provinces.
Métis self-government involves the right to establish local government on a Métis land base, as well as the right to self-governing institutions off a land base. It includes the right of access to sufficient revenues to allow provision of services relevant to the special needs and circumstances of the Métis people on a par with those provided by the federal and provincial governments.
- Métis National Council
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