In the January 2011 edition of Alberta Outdoorsmen magazine there was an article regarding Metis hunting rights in Alberta. Two metis men had taken game without license in protest and were charged. If my memory serves me, they lost the court battle by virtue of the fact that metis didn't settle in Alberta until the Royal Mounted Police set up a fort. The author seemed to allude to the fact that neither white people or Cree were safe here in the old wild west. I'll try to find my copy of that article.....
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