ABORIGINAL HERALDRY IN CANADA

METIS

ARMS; BADGES; FLAGS AND HERALDIC DEVICES

METIS

In 1814, as part of a gift giving ceremony, North West Company partner Alexander MacDonnell presented the Métis People with their (blue infinity) flag, which would soon become a trademark for the nation. The red infinity flag has been used since early days, some claim it to be the hunting flag, while others claim it was used by Métis connected with the Hudson Bay Company.

ARMS OF ALEXANDER VANCE CAMPBELL

A Metis from the Historic Metis Settlement Area in Eastern Ontario; A United Empire Loyalist whose ancestors were partners in the North West Company. His Metis origin can be traced to 1780s in Ile-a-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan

On either side of the armorial achievement is the Pipe Banner, which hang suspended from Alexander Campbell's Bagpipes, when he plays.

Two of Dr. Campbell's ancestors were put on trial for their part in the Battle of Seven Oaks.

ARMS FROM THE COURT OF THE LORD LYON, KING OF ARMS - SCOTLAND

ARMS OF WILLIE YVON DUMONT

A Metis from Manitoba, former lieutenant governor of the Province of Manitoba; former President of the Manitoba Metis Federation; Knight of the Order of St. John; Member of the Order of Manitoba

GRANT OF ARMS FROM THE CANADIAN HERALDIC AUTHORITY

ARMS OF VINCENT SHAUN REDMOND

A Metis from Ontario, Magistral Knight "in Obedience" of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta; Knight Commander of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre (Vatican); Officer Brother of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem

GRANT OF ARMS FROM THE CHIEF HERALD OF IRELAND (May 19, 1985); COURT OF THE LORD LYON, KING OF ARMS - SCOTLAND (May 30, 1988); REGISTERED WITH THE CANADIAN HERALDIC AUTHORITY(February 19, 1991)

ARMS OF PATRICK REDMOND

A Metis from Ontario, Citizen of the Metis Nation of Ontario (Both Parents being verified Citizens of the Metis Nation); Serving Member of the Canadian Forces, having served in Bosnia and Macedonia with NATO forces

ARMS FROM THE CHIEF HERALD OF IRELAND; COURT OF THE LORD LYON, KING OF ARMS - SCOTLAND; REGISTERED WITH THE CANADIAN HERALDIC AUTHORITY

ARMS OF LORNE DOUGLAS FRASER

A Metis from British Columbia

GRANT OF ARMS FROM THE CANADIAN HERALDIC AUTHORITY

JOHN MATHESON

A Metis from Ontario, with historic connections to Drummond Island

GRANT OF ARMS FROM LORD LYON TO HIS GRAND FATHER COL. THE HON. JUDGE JOHN ROSS MATHESON

COL. THE HON. JUDGE JOHN ROSS MATHESON IS WELL KNOWN IN CONNECTION TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CANADIAN FLAG

Capt.(ret.) Donald Maxwell Fowler, CD

Veteran of The Second World War

A Metis from Ontario, with historic Hudson Bay Company connections

Source: Grant, Canadian Heraldic Authority, Ottawa, 11th January 1992.

ARMS OF DENIS ALDERIC ST-ONGE

A Metis from Ontario, Officer of the Order of Canada, Doctor in Sciences.

The shields of his children are on the sides, to the left his son Marc Robert and on the right his daughter Nicole Marie.

GRANT OF ARMS FROM THE CANADIAN HERALDIC AUTHORITY

FLAGS OF THE METIS NATION

The New Nation, which evolved primarily out the the Prodigy of the Nor’ Westers and their descendants assumed the trappings of Statehood. Flags is but one of the visible signs of that Statehood. A historic letter from a Partner of the North West Fur Trading Company to his family in the Cornwall, Ontario states…..”Tell Jack that his Countrymen….. . It was these same Nor’Westers who presented the Metis their historic Infinity flag.

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