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Premier Wab Kinew signs deal to return land to Manitoba Métis – Winnipeg

Land where the Métis village of Ste. Madeleine once stood is being returned, more than 80 years after it was burned to the ground to make way for grazing cattle. Villagers were forced to scatter throughout southwestern Manitoba with only the clothes and belongings they had with them. The Spy …

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Premier Kinew tells Métis righting a historical wrong is an ‘important priority’ – Winnipeg

Fresh off an Oct. 4 election victory, Premier Wab Kinew told the Manitoba Métis Federation something many had been waiting to hear for generations. “There are many specific priorities of the Métis people and Métis Nation and one of them is Ste. Madeleine,” Kinew told those gathered for the MMF’s annual …

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