Published 2025-12-22
Keywords
- Métis Nation,
- Métis sovereignty and self-determination,
- Métis governance/government,
- citizenship,
- Indigenous identity fraud
- Métis ethics,
- Métis research and methodology,
- Métis community-based research,
- relational accountability,
- government accountability,
- Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF),
- academic freedom,
- government interference,
- censorship,
- authoritarianism,
- Métis spirituality and religion,
- ceremonies,
- Christianity,
- Catholicism ...More
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Copyright (c) 2025 Chantal Fiola
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Abstract
The Métis author shares her experiences navigating relationships with the Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF) across her research studies on Métis spirituality, especially relationships with traditional Indigenous ceremonies, underscoring ethical considerations. Recent efforts by the MMF to assert sovereignty as a safeguard against Métis identity fraud, and subsequent impacts upon Métis research and scholarship are also discussed. An argument is put forward that the academic freedom of Métis citizen scholars need not be pitted against Métis government efforts at sovereignty–rather than viewing these as mutually exclusive, they can co-exist to promote ethical Métis scholarship and self-determination.