Regional Chief Backs First Nation in Rejecting Métis Land Purchase

Regional chief backs First Nation in rejecting Métis land purchase

'Land can be purchased. History cannot,' says Ontario Regional Chief

Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict Stands with Mississauga First Nation in Defence of its Traditional and Treaty Territory

(Toronto, Ont. – September 4, 2026) Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict stands firmly with Mississauga First Nation following its rejection of territorial and harvesting assertions made in connection with the recent purchase of approximately 320 acres of private property along the Mississagi River by the Métis Nation of Ontario-affiliated “Huron-Superior Regional Métis Community”. “Mississauga First