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Fort Chip Métis Nation

OP-ED: Whose Self-Government? The Fort Chipewyan Métis Speak

Fort Chipewyan is the oldest settlement and the oldest Métis community in what is now the Province of Alberta.  Our ancestors built the fur trade on the rivers of the Athabasca region, and their descendants continue to practice our unique Métis way of life and culture.  For more than 200 years, our community has exercised …