This timeline of One Métis unit the Whitfords, Bremners and Sansregrets is under construction as we find more evidence based information based upon Scrip records, Census records, and Birth and Death certifications. As of the current research it is quite evident that the Métis population from the Red River were a very mobile nation in which local and regional events,  as well as food and health patterns directly influenced the movements of the Métis population.  Métis boundaries that existed in the past were defined by waterways, and mountain passes.  As we study the Powley case which is defined to a local region the Sault St. Marie and its local population within non aboriginal defined boundaries, it does not apply to the Mobile Metis within Canada.

I believe these issues have not been addressed by the Governments of Canada currently and there is ongoing study by Métis organizations that are now recognizing the Mobility issues. The recent court decisions i.e.. The Powley case, Kip Kelly case,  that are being recognized as Land Mark cases are molding the Nation into a stationery community in which the reality of the Nation the Red River Métis were very Mobile.

We at Whitford Genealogy are looking forward to developments into the Mobility issue.

Earlene Bitterman Whitford Genealogy http://www.whitford-genealogy.com