Fort Simpson Métis Community

@MikeBarrettON Genocide is a process that develops in ten stages that are predictable but not inexorable. At each stage, preventive measures can stop it. The process is not linear. Stages occur simultaneously. Each stage is itself a process. Classification is at the center. @genocide_watch

L to R Joseph, Joe (Ninuk) Lafferty, Albertine Rodh's father. Edward (Ed) Lafferty, Robert (Bob) Lafferty, and Patrick (Pat) Villeneuve, Ed and Bob's Uncle. facebook.com/FSHMC/posts/pf…

Albertine Rodh (nee Lafferty) with husband Herb Rodh facebook.com/FSHMC/posts/pf…

Jean Lamoureux husband of Catherine Bouvier nee Beaulieu. Daughter of Old Man Beaulieu. Jean is buried here at Fort Simpson, NT. His grave marker still stands. facebook.com/FSHMC/posts/pf…

@JusticeCanadaEN This is a complete lie other than it has been 10 years.

(1/2) Yesterday marked 10 years since Canada endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UN Declaration). #UNDRIP

a terrible, unsafe spot!

There are terrible acts taking place in #Canada & the #World needs to see it. The #Genocide taking place is real & Canada, #GNWT are moving quickly to bury it by making another layer "partnerships" & agreements to avoid accountability, responsibility, which is forcing Métis into

@APTNNews We find @grok to be misleading because of its limitations. Access & synthesize publicly available sources (government websites, official documents, Dehcho organizations, funding records, etc.). Those sources are not always consistent with reality. Therefore AI is taught to harm

@APTNNews not Dehcho Dene. We are called many things like Dehcho Métis, Northern Métis, Subarctic Métis. We call ourselves Métis. We have s.35 rights, we are protected under s.35. Our ancestry were given scrip which was conducted fraudulently to remove land entitlement. An unsolved issue!

The Manitoba Métis Federation is hailing it as one of the largest cost awards in Canadian history with a judge ruling the Métis National Council has to pay nearly $12 million in legal fees. Jennifer Laewetz shares her thoughts on the fallout. Watch more: youtu.be/5JgdR6prZtw

@CdnHeritage It would be nice to see the sites along the highway that mention their contribution to railroad etc. be fixed up.

Happy Asian Heritage Month to everyone who celebrates! This May, our theme is Honouring Asian Canadians: Stories that Built Canada. Read Minister Miller’s statement: canada.ca/en/canadian-he…

@KoolZeroHero Douglas did pass several years ago in Fort Smith, NT. He worked the airport tower for many years however, his roots are in the Dehcho.

@FtSimpson_Metis Is he deceased?

Doug Lafferty worked as as an aviation radio tower operator in Fort Smith, NT. This is a picture of him in his childhood in his grandparent's house, the "Lafferty House" at Fort Simpson, NT. #NWT #Métis #heritage #culture #LaffertyHouse facebook.com/FSHMC/posts/pf…

#Injustices going back over a century, #Canada continues ways to push back by implementing other policies, which buries fair, meaningful #reconciliation with #Métis groups of the NWT. #selfdetermination #NWT facebook.com/reel/168787907… facebook.com/nwtmetis/posts… facebook.com/dwayne.dit.laf…

Well over a decade & Métis in #NWT has continued to face the Canadian government ignorance of settling injustices, implement Daniels, provide Nation capacity building funding and the list goes on. Injustices goes back a century now. Canada "no comment" facebook.com/dwayne.dit.laf…

He also said that the GNWT blocked his application under the territorial government’s Support for Entrepreneurs and Economic Development (SEED) Policy when he was trying to get assistance in rebuilding his home after the disaster. #Housing Read more at: nwtnews-north.com/2026/04/13/for…

The year 1959 Edward (Eddy) Lafferty, Don Hepburn, Edwin Lindberg, and John Smith - facebook.com/FSHMC/posts/pf…