Manitoba Métis Federation

The Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF) is a federally recognized Métis government. Its current president is David Chartrand. In September 2021, the MMF withdrew from the Métis National Council, due to that organization's failure to uphold the 2002 nationally accepted definition of Métis.^[1][2]

Manitoba Métis Federation
Métis government
Establishment of Manitoba Metis Federation, Inc.	1967; 58 years ago (1967)
Signing and ratification of Manitoba Métis Self-Government Recognition and Implementation Agreement	6 July 2021; 3 years ago (2021-07-06)
Government Headquarters	Winnipeg
Government
• Type	Métis Government
• President	David Chartrand
Demonym	Red River Métis
Time zone	UTC−06:00 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−05:00 (CDT)
Area code(s)	204, 431, and 584
Website	www.mmf.mb.ca

Leadership

The first non-elected Board of Directors was Adam Cuthand, Joe Keeper and Alfred Disbrowe.

The successive presidents of the MMF have been the following.

President	From	To
Adam Cuthand	1967	1970
Angus Spence	1970	1973
Connie Eyolfson	1973	1974
Ferdinand Guiboche	1974	1975
Edward Head	1975	1976
John Morrisseau	1976	1981
Don McIvor	1981	1984
Yvon Dumont	1984	1993
Ernie Blais	1993	1994
Billyjo DeLaRonde	1994	1997
David Chartrand	1997	present

Activities

During the COVID-19 pandemic, MMF received a $460,200 grant from the Public Health Agency of Canada's Immunization Partnership Fund to increase acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines among Métis citizens in Manitoba.^[3]