By Scott Hayes, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter There is a vibrant move afoot to re-establish the Michel Callihoo Nation. Everyone who believes that they are descendants or have a connection to Michel Band #472 are invited to attend a membership drive event at the Hinton Community Centre on Monday (July 29). “We’re trying to do a deeper dive into who the descendants are,” said Michel Callihoo Nation Society director Kim Beaudin. “Some people might not even know they actually are descendants of Michel. They probably know they’re connected somehow to Indigenous people, but they might not know if they are actually directly connected to Michel Callihoo or the Michel Band itself before it was enfranchised in 1958, so completely wiped right out in 1958.” Before Treaty 6 was signed in…
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