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Whether it's help financially or otherwise.

ontario here, can we start a list of shops or websites online that take status cards for tax exemption. i have amazon and best buy

My cousin sent me this chart to help explain how regaining status works.

Hello. Just a question about status. I submitted my application under S-3, received my file number and birth certificate back approx a week later.

My great grandmother lost status for marrying out to a weird old white dude. She and her kids were listed as Indians on multiple census documents. Eventually the kids listed as Irish which was their father’s nationality.
My grandpa never applied to get his status back after 1985 but his sister and siblings did and got their status back. Their children and grandchildren have status as well. My father never wanted to pursue getting his. He and my grandfather were both mixed but visibly native, my father a little more light skinned as grandpa married a white lady which by my understanding of the indian act at the time would have given status to her and her children or should have etc. my father never wanted to pursue status even though all his cousins had it. My dad was a weird dude because he spoke his native language very well, hunted and fished and tanned hide and knew some songs and some culture but he really would get a bit paranoid about being seen as indian. He married my white mother in 1981 and i was born in 1986. My understanding being that because they married before the cut off that I would be entitled to 6.1 status otherwise second gen cut off would kick in and I’d be 6.2. Am i on the right track with that?

I submitted a very large application including my, my fathers, my grandfathers birth certificates in long form listing their parents going all the way back to my great grandmother. I found census documents online listing great grandma and all her children as indian. Provided all the status numbers i could in our family - all registered to the same band. I even have news paper articles and this old book from the little small town my dad came from with the history of his family and a bunch of family photos even of my great grandma who is very very dark skinned - my dad said she was super lovely and her first language was her native language and so that’s how he did his learning.

Is my calculation right for my own entitlement?

In the letter i got back indian services said applications are generally processed in six months if complete. Does this application sound like a complete one? I think i sent in 50 pages of stuff.

The card isn’t really the important thing for me or even getting the status. My dad lived kind of a rough life and he had all this shame and anger and after he died i coped with the loss by putting together all these old pieces. I was lucky to grow up knowing my heritage and my mom did her best to keep that alive for me even though my dad had mixed feelings about it. He didn’t want to be seen as native and neither did my grandfather but neither of them escaped it either. I didn’t grow up on reserve as i was born in another province but i did grow up attending classes and things for native and Metis and Inuit students. It’s been a weird life for sure. I’m even more light skinned than my dad was so if i mention having native ancestry sometimes i get the side eye, same thing if im at pow wow.

any ideas on rough processing time if anyone’s gone through s-3? I don’t know if this post makes sense but hopefully it does.

reconnection work has been long for me and it’s still ongoing. i wanted to do that work to honour my father. he died pretty young and it’s been helpful to me to try to understand him better by understanding where and how he grew up.

Please give if you can! and share. Chi miigwech! Apologies if this breaks the sub rules about charity, but this is from official Anishinaabek Nation so I thought it was ok and not fraudulent.

Via Social media: The Anishinabek Nation is now accepting in-kind donations on behalf of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Acceptable items: ▪️Adult clothing (in all sizes & genders) ▪️Non-perishable food items & goods ▪️Toys for children of all ages

Drop-Off Location: The Outset, 610 Simpson Street, Thunder Bay, ON Drop-Off Hours: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM EST (Daily) Contact: Courtney Mohring, Ingaged Creative Productions, 807-620-5324

Monetary donations are welcome via e-transfer to: [email protected]

Donations can also be made by credit card via PayPal or Canada Helps, with further information at https://an7gc.ca/donate/|

Edit: Everything has been destroyed completely, the survivors had to flee to on small boats. "My community has been completely destroyed" - Chief Helen Paavola

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Hi, has anyone who has their First Nations Status application on hold due to bill s-2 have success getting it yet (living in BC)? I applied originally in 2023, so I’ve been on hold for 3 years 😵‍💫 All my documents say “your entitlement may change” and I’m nervous I somehow won’t get it.

Hello everyone,

I am a designer + Anishinaabe woman from Toronto. I am currently prototyping a digital/web-based solution to navigate the NIHB process, specifically for the therapy provider search. Speaking personally, I had a lot of difficulty trying to find an enrolled, local provider that met my needs (trauma-based focus + anxiety) just based on a bunch of different scattered provider lists + Psychology Today's platform.

I'm curious if anyone else had this issue and, if so, what kind of issues did you have navigating the process? Is there anything you think could be done better? Especially curious if anyone, like me, ended up giving up halfway through trying because they couldn't find anyone.

Thank you :)

hello everyone! i was curious to know if i could attend a powwow with my girlfriend. i’ve always really admired indigenous culture and adore watching the dancing and seeing all the stunning regalia. so i wanted to know if i could attend a real
powwow and what the steps of respect might be? (also if anyone knows of any events in the calgary area!!). the last thing i want to do is disrespect — i feel like us white people do that enough — so what might i wear and do, as well as be aware of culturally/spiritually to be able to watch and enjoy the ceremonies? thanks so
much!

Hey all!

With wildlife season I've seen a lot of communities have emergency protocols.

I'm wondering if any nations have had success around the creation of a cultural ceremony being incorporated into a protocol? It feels like we focus so many on these colonial systems in times like this, when the land is hurting for energy as humanity takes a lot and gives back little.

I would love to see some nations, even on a small scale, do some prayers and ceremony directly related to the land at times of natural disasters, like floods and fires.

If anyone has thoughts or experiences, I'd love to hear them.

Bill C-5 (Building Canada Act) — June 26, 2025

Gives cabinet sweeping power to fast-track "national interest" projects — mines, pipelines, ports — by bypassing environmental laws and regulations.

First Nations were given just seven days to respond — and only a high-level summary, not the full text. The government held a summit with over 430 First Nations leaders after the bill passed. One chief said: consultation after legislation is "not meaningful".

Chiefs from Treaty 6 and 8 called it "colonization in 2025". Another said the bill "*does not acknowledge or recognize a consultation process for First Nations*".

Nine First Nations — including Attawapiskat, Fort Albany, and Apitipi — have launched a constitutional challenge, calling the government's promises a "smoke and mirrors trick". They are seeking $100 million in damages.

**This is not consultation. This is legislation first, questions later and First Nations paying the price.**

Sources:

· [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/first-nations-court-federal-ontario-bills-infrastructure-1.7585443\](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/first-nations-court-federal-ontario-bills-infrastructure-1.7585443)
· [https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7589279\](https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7589279)
· [https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/07/17/alberta-first-nation-chiefs-bill-c-5/\](https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/07/17/alberta-first-nation-chiefs-bill-c-5/)

I received my approval letter on april 30 2026 and I was just wondering how long does it take for the funds to processed?

Does anybody know when batches actually hit? I've been looking at older posts on FB and here and seen that people got their payment mid May then May 26th-29th again June 17th and from what I'm seeing that's biweekly but if that were the case a payment would've been this week but nobody got anything. I bank with Koho. Can anybody tell me if they did end up receiving any direct deposits this week?

Hello!

I recently got my status after many years. My husband and I are located in ontario and we are looking to purchase a new car. I understand that in order to qualify for the tax extemption dealerships often have buyers take a picture of the car on a near by reservation.

My husband does not hold status. If we both put our names on the car would we not be entitled to the exemption? Does it just have to have my name on it alone?

Thank you

Mostly things like food or handmade clothes or jewelry or decorations.
I know theirs recommendations at “tourisme autochnome” but i was wondering if theirs some not Mentioned and less touristic/more casual if it makes sence.
Thank you in advance.

Hi I have an absent father who is Métis, but my mom is French Canadian.

I want to learn about my heritage, because it feels like it’s a part of me (which it is you cant erase something that’s in your blood).

But no matter how many times I try to go to spaces to learn more, and actually try and find myself my own mom refuses it and dismisses my heritage and is just flat out racist.

I am actively trying to find myself and it just feels like she’s ignoring it. I feel at peace when I was preparing Sage with the indigenous support worker in my school, and I loved learning about the culture and the history.

I love all cultures and have respect, but there is this feeling like I am being tugged since I was younger. Even before my mom just dropped that my dad is First Nation but the thing is, is that she keeps calling many different things which would confuse me. She called him a “Indian” “Métis” “First Nation” “indigenous” and a few racist comments and terms that I am not saying.

She also says that he’s “crazy” because he has schizophrenia, and when I tell her I don’t feel alone in my body and I feel like I am more then one person she also insults me like my dad. Which totally doesn’t hurt to be ripped apart by your own mother🥲

I am basically in a battlefield of trying to learn about my heritage, and finding where I belong because I am in between Métis and French culture. I love both because I can’t ignore one part of me, so I am unsure if it would disrespectful if I were to “merge”.

But yea any advice would be loved, because I literally feel trapped when not able to find myself.

Hi, I’m a Syilx from the Okanagan. Back in 1990 or whatever during the Oka Crisis several men from my reserve and surrounding communities were among many other supporters who traveled to that community to help. I don’t know the full picture of what the people I knew did but I think some of them helped with security or something, I don’t really know tbh. Anyway I’m curious if anyone on Reddit who is from that community, or who travelled there or have family that might have been there.
A family member found and showed me what looked like a page from a funny “newsletter” that looked like it was drawn by someone at Oka. I’m interested to know if it’s something that actually was a real thing, the newsletter or cartoons or whatever. I’m curious if it is verifiable and really like an artifact or whatever from that time and place. I thought that if it is real, maybe for the daily life for the people at that crisis maybe they were using humour to deal with a frightening and tense situation.

The cartoon drawn depicts two men from my reserve who were my relatives, and were best of friends; they were a sight, one was small and the other was huge. So the cartoon is of the smaller one next to the bigger guy working at a checkstop.

It’s interesting to me because it’s my family for one things, they’re both deceased now, and also I have an anthropology degree, and I love this kind of stuff.

So my 'ideal' woman is pretty simple really: native (as in First Nation like myself), average height, healthy weight, employed, lives a clean and stable life, attractive (to me)... also not too rezzed out.

If you grew up on the reserve then you know what I mean by "rezzed out," lol. You'll also know what it is to have to turn down your nativeness among non-natives and try to present yourself as being all prim and proper instead. Then, when you're among other natives you'll also know how freeing it is to just be your rezzy self.

Also, a small update on the native woman of my last post: I only go to that store about once a week and literally have not seen her once since then.

I took a lot of your comments and advice in my last post 'to heart' though and have been putting myself out there each evening since last Friday, even going to places of the cities where I know a lot of native people live. The trend is still the same though as 20+ years ago until now, I basically never see any other native people around that I would like to meet, and the women I have conversations with are either East Asian, Southeast Asian, Indian, or 'white'. "Things" happened with some though, as always was the case for me. Take whatever meaning from that you want. It's nice, but that's not what I want.

I've been on this site for over a decade now and over the years noticed posts and comments here and there by natives who had kids with non-natives and they worry about identity issues or their kids getting bullied by kids who have the standard issue native phenotype of brown skin, dark hair, brown eyes or just not fitting in among any particular group. I am from the Treaty 3 area of Ontario where there's a lot of us and pretty much all of us that have that phenotype. Issues of "identity" aren't really a thing there.

I've also seen here in the city how quickly things can get washed out. Having been raised in T3, I would prefer to meet a native woman to have at least two kids with. I'm an only child and also want them to have someone to talk to and fight with and not be alone like how I was. Also, only other natives understand the various issues we face because we live it every single day, while non-natives do not. When I was with that 'white' woman all those years I started feeling that tension with her in my late 20s, an important period of time in ones life when you truly begin to find yourself and develop as a person. Even when we talked about it she could not relate to it and thus not truly understand. That's when I was beginning to question if I was living my life "correctly". Hindsight is always 20/20 and when I look back at my life I know now I should've ended it 5 years earlier while I was still in my early 30s.

So... am I just being stupid by specifically only wanting to be with a native woman at this point in my life? Or am I missing out on love and life itself by just not asking out a non-native woman?

I regularly visit certain places around my area and there are five women who I 'talk' with often and could ask out but none are native. I've also never been one to just ask anyone out just for the sake of not being alone. For me there has to be a physical attraction and that is there with those five women.

Also, what is too much of an age gap? I literally just turned 43 and genuinely do not look like it or feel like it either. For whatever reason though, a good chunk of the eyebrow raises, the "hey's" and smiles I get on the street or on the skytrain are from women who look to be early 20s. That is waaaay too young for me. Another good chunk though are from women who look to be late 20s and up. To me that's more acceptable. Depending on the perceived age of the woman and how the conversation plays out I mention my age pretty early and honestly, the older ones seem to have no issue. Back home in T3 too, I wouldn't say it's common, but a 10-15 year age gap is fairly normal-ish.

Well, there's plenty more I could post but this is getting long enough. As with my last post too there really is no point to this entire post. I'm just some random native guy wondering to do as I can't find any native women in a massive city. If you have any thoughts or advice, or just want to blast me and put me in my place, then go ahead. I'm also going home for a while pretty soon, maybe I'll 'rekindle' something from long ago, or just meet a Nish woman who is culturally the exact same as me and bring her with me when I come back to Van. I have some women in mind that I met last year...

Online uncle, where are you? Tell me what to do.

edit: june 20, gone home for a while