By Aaron Walker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com A 32-year-old lawsuit asserting Métis title across a vast northern claim area is poised to return to a Saskatchewan courtroom. It revives a legal test of whether Canada could extinguish collective Métis land rights by issuing scrip to individuals. Gerald Morin, one of the original plaintiffs and now an adviser to Métis Nation–Saskatchewan (MN–S), told Windspeaker the plaintiffs have applied to lift a stay imposed in 2005. He expects the matter to be before the Court of King’s Bench for Saskatchewan sometime in October. “I can’t tell you how good it feels,” Morin said. It became difficult to hold onto hope that the land claim would move forward and that the underlying land issues would be addressed, he said. “I’m very happy…
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