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The Northern Halfbreed Association was formed in Manitoba in the early 1930s to represent the Métis and Non-Status Indians of the Métis settlements near The Pas, Moose Lake and Cedar Lake. The first Chief of the Northern Halfbreed Association was Robert Thomas. The Association was active in protesting the leases the government was giving to the HBC and the Lamb family for muskrat ranching at the Summerberry Marsh, on the land they traditionally trapped. They also lobbied to have the Crown land surveyed so they could gain title to their land and homes. When the town of The Pas was incorporated, the nearby Métis road allowance communities of Big Eddy, Young Point, Rall’s Island and Umphreville were left outside its boundaries, thus denying the Métis services such as sewer and water. |
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