The Manitoba Métis Federation (MMF) is the National Government of the Manitoba Métis – also known as the Red River Métis – the origin, root, and core of the Métis Nation. The Red River Métis is Canada’s negotiating partner in Confederation, founder of Manitoba, and the only Indigenous people to create a province, Manitoba, when our Ancestors negotiated the Manitoba Act in 1870.

Today, the MMF continues the legacy of Cuthbert Grant, John Bruce, Louis Riel, Gabriel Dumont, and the countless other Red River Métis leaders who shaped the Métis Nation and Canada.

Since the time of the buffalo hunt, the Red River Métis utilized the three governance institutions of President, Council (also called Cabinet), and the Assembly. These three institutions have provided the structure for our collective and democratic decision-making since the ethnogenesis of our People. The MMF’s Annual General Assembly (AGA) is a fundamental and traditional component of our governance system.

It is with our past in mind that the founders of the MMF continued to use the Assembly as a forum for our Citizens to come together to receive updates, set priorities, and provide direction to the MMF’s elected officials. The importance of the AGA is echoed by our Local Leaders, our Citizens who dedicate themselves to make the MMF’s AGA the largest Indigenous assembly in Western Canada.

Bringing together various community groups and associations through it’s collective, the MMF was founded in 1967 by a group of forward-thinking Métis leaders to promote the political, social, cultural and economic interests and rights of the Red River Métis. Through the subsequent decades, the MMF continued to grow into one of the most robust Indigenous governments in Canada.