More and more, people are applying for and getting their Metis Status card.
Our Status cards are professionally printed on pvc plastic, and have a special security watermark coating on the top clear layer so that they cannot be forged. (They are not laminated, they are thick plastic like the health card or driver's license card).
Besides giving you all the records and information we find, the back of the card also has QR codes that contain your native ancestral line and a description of the proof that is in our registry. This makes it handy for you to share with others in the family, and if anyone wants to verify your proof themselves, they can do this using the QR code information. (The square is decoded and the information shows on the screen when a photo of the square is snapped by a cellphone or mobile device equipped with a camera, internet connection and QR app downloaded -- this is usually what most teens are walking around with today).
Pride
Getting Metis Status is a way of showing pride for your ancestors and their hard work in the beginning of the first economy of North America, that of the fur trade.
Community
Metis Status gives access and fellowship to our extended kinship community, and without membership, Metis communities will not get funding.
Getting a card with the organization that represents your type of ancestry is not like being in a club, it's about being part of a family and community.
Getting a Metis Status card with Communities of the Voyageur Metis means your genealogy has been verified to be true and accurate. It is proof that you actually are "part Indian". Which card you have describes the cultural community you belong to, so a card with Communities of the Voyageur means your cultural community is that of French Canadian Metis. Our registry is completely documented, and there are no holes in it. Other registries might be easier to join, but if they do not require you to provide your birth or baptism records, then their registry is not complete, so you need to ask them if they require this proof to your native line before paying them anything.
Any group that does not have a proven registry will not get funding from government nor represent your rights. If you pay to have your native line searched, find out about the registry of the group before paying anything. We are the only group that will provide you with any genealogical details we discover about your Native ancestors, including tribal information if we have it, and we will send you the actual records we find that completely document your line up to the information you provide us about yourself and living persons, (which is not available to us except from you). If your own documents are not filed with a registry, then your line is not completely proven nor documented, and that organization is also not solidly proven.
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