tân'si everyone! Samantha Schwientek with CBC Indigenous wrote a wonderful article about Michel Callihoo Nation Society and our Directors Brandy Callihoo and Kim Beaudin here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/michel-band-descendants-1.7292596
Check out a short excerpt below:
... "The Michel Callihoo Nation Society (MCNS) is looking for descendants of the former Michel Band in Alberta as they make a push for Canada to recognize the First Nation that gave up its Indian status more than 60 years ago.
The Michel Band's enfranchisement when members were desperate to get out from under the control of Indian agents was all part of the assimilation tactics used by the Canadian government, said Kim Beaudin, an MCNS board member.
"It was really genocide policy," said Beaudin.
"They were starving people out, wouldn't give them the tools to work on their own land. They [would] throw them in jail if they cut down a tree to keep warm." ...
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