David Chartrand
David N. Chartrand OM, LLD (Hons) is a Metis politician and aboriginal activist in Manitoba, Canada, who is the current leader of the Manitoba Metis Federation.[1] He has served as the President of the Manitoba Metis Federation from 1997 to the present and is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Metis National Council. [2]
He was born and raised in Duck Bay, Manitoba,[3] and is the cousin of the former Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs grand chief Derek Nepinak.[3]
David is a past president of the National Association of Friendship Centres. In November 2002, Peter Liba, the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, awarded David the Queen Elizabeth II, Golden Jubilee Medal. He received an Honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Winnipeg on October 21, 2012. He was inducted into the Order of Manitoba in 2013.[4] David has been a contributing writer to several journal articles which appeared in the Canadian Journal of Native Studies. He also contributed to the book "Struggle for Recognition: Canadian Justice and the Metis Nation" (Pemmican Publications Inc., 1991).
References
- ↑ "Manitoba government has 'clearly abandoned' Métis people, says federation". CBC News, November 17, 2015.
- ↑ Barkwell, Lawrence. http://www.metismuseum.ca/media/document.php/11754.David%20Chartrand.pdf
- 1 2 "The Métis question: Defining the uniquely Canadian people who founded Manitoba is no easy task". Winnipeg Free Press, February 14, 2015.
- ↑ "Métis leader in Order of Manitoba". Winnipeg Free Press, July 16, 2013.