Maurice L'Hirondelle Former President, FMSA                          Adrian Hope (former Pres. MAA) 

Individuals

Some attendees at the June 1979 Settlements' Elders'

Conference at the Overlander near Hinton

(to a list of presidents, councilors, etc.)

• Adolphus Ghostkeeper  And another view.

• a child at the conference

• Archie Cunningham

• Maurice L'Hirondelle,  President, Federation of Métis Settlement

  Associations, 1974-1976/1977-1980.

•   Adrian M. Hope (more) President, MAA, 1960-67 video available

• Richard Poitras (more) Former President, Secretary, FMSA, 1971-1973/1976-1977.

• unknown at this time

• Andre L'Hirondelle

• Cid Baudry

• Fred Martineau

• Robert Alotte

• organizer

• unknown at this time

• Big Joe Cardinal, Grouard

• Fred Martin, lawyer

• Ian ?, lawyer

• The late Dr. John Foster, historian, University of Alberta

• An MNA organizer

• others to come later

Métis Founders of the Alberta Settlements and the western Métis Associations

(see MAA/MNAA): 

• James Patrick Brady (more) - Secretary-Treasurer Metis Association of Alberta, also Wolf Lake Supervisor, 1941 - Box 73, Lac La Biche

• Felix Callihoo - 2nd. Vice-President Metis Association of Alberta - St. Paul

• Henry Cunningham - St. Albert - (elected 1932 replaced by Tomkins in 1934)

• Joseph Francis Dion (more) President Metis Association of Alberta, 1932; teacher 1915-1939; civil servant - appointed Commissioner of Oaths 1939 - Gurneyville - a supervisor in the area possibly from 1939.

• Malcolm F. Norris - 1st. Vice-President Metis Association of Alberta - Sub P.O. 18, Edmonton

• Peter C. Tomkins, Jr. - 3rd. Vice-President Metis Association of Alberta - Grouard, eventually a settlement supervisor (according to letter - Tomkins to Brady - left  c. 1947 after conflict with A.C. McCully, living in Joussard at the time) in that area, .

• others

Link to other key individuals in the historical development of the Metis Settlements 1932 to 1945

Various ministers, deputies, and departments from 1985 to 1990

• Barry Mellon, Deputy Minister c. 1990 (check dates)

• Archie R. Grover, Deputy Minister c. 1985

Lougheed and Shaban

• Peter Lougheed, Premier, Progressive Conservatives

• Donald Getty Premier, Progressive Conservatives

• more