Edmonton signs first official document with Otipemisiwak Mtis Government [Video]

The City of Edmonton marked Métis Week on Wednesday by signing a new memorandum with the Otipemisiwak Métis Government of the Métis Nation of Alberta.

The memorandum was signed at city hall, where city officials also proclaimed Nov. 10-16 Métis Week, the end of which will coincide with Louis Riel Day.

Wednesday was a celebration of both Riel’s influence on the Métis people’s pursuit of self-government and also of the nation’s partnership with the City of Edmonton.

As such, it was “fitting,” Otipemisiwak president Andrea Sandmaier said, that the municipal and Métis governments signed their first official agreement during Métis Week.

“It’s a great relationship that we have with the City of Edmonton and we just want to continue that relationship,” she told CTV News Edmonton during an interview after the event.

The City of Edmonton signed a memorandum of understanding with the Métis Nation of Alberta in 2013, however, …