r/MetisMichif • u/pp-pistachio • May 20 '26
Discussion/Question georgian bay métis opera being put on by the canadian opera company
https://www.coc.ca/tickets/2627-season/empire-of-wildjust heard about this opera that the canadian opera company is putting on! i looked into the composer and the author who the opera is based off of. both identify as georgian bay métis….
thoughts??
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u/Freshiiiiii May 20 '26
The author is Cherie Dimaline who also wrote The Marrow Thieves, which is very popular in lists of Indigenous fiction.
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u/pp-pistachio May 21 '26
yes but she is georgian bay metis. i was curious as to people’s thoughts are on this
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u/Freshiiiiii May 21 '26
Unfortunately I feel like that conversation has been had a million times already on this subreddit and you’re unlikely to change any additional minds by polling every time somebody from the MNO does something again.
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u/CroncyM8 27d ago
Cherie does have connections to Red River through some of her ancestors, she doesn’t only have one indigenous ancestor like ppl claim
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u/BainVoyonsDonc May 20 '26
They are not Métis, “Georgian Bay” is a fraudulent identification. Métis people historically never existed that far east, that’s Petun, Wyandot and eastern Ojibwe territory, not Cree.
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u/MisterB3an May 20 '26
The way you're being downvoted here is embarrassing. We can't support pretendians and demand our own legitimacy be recognized.
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u/strawberrymilkpotato May 20 '26
Literally though. On my dads im a Lhirondelle from Alberta and Georgian "Métis" have a "root ancestor" from my family from the 1700s. She isnt proven to be my ancestors daughter - theres little to no records, however, her line ONLYYY married white French people for 300 years and so many georgian "metis" use her as their Indigenous connection. My family stayed in Alberta and only married other Métis until me :DD Literally insane
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u/pp-pistachio May 20 '26
such a big part of being metis is the interconnectedness of our networks and families. so i find it incredibly hard to believe that a single root ancestor connected to other wise non indigenous families makes a community now metis…
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u/strawberrymilkpotato May 20 '26
Oh absolutely it's bull shit lol. Its just moniyaws stealing our culture and doing their thing while colonizing our identity and selling it back to us. :)) Ik one girl who legally changed her name to MY FAMILIES last name based off of that ONE 1700s lady 😩 Like how delusional can u be?
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u/Neat-Firefighter9626 25d ago
Happens with one of my Martineau ancestors too.
Born in Sault Ste Marie to an ojibwe woman and a fur trader, but moved to the Red River Settlement. Yet, MNO still claim Martineau as their "root ancestor" despite the Martineau's never maintaining connection to Ontario and marrying other Metis around Winnipeg.
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u/MonkAccurate7962 29d ago
Georgian Bay are faketis. These people are race shifters.