Jim Sinclair (1933–present) is a Non-Status Indian leader from Saskatchewan Canada. In Canada, a Non-Status Indian is a legal term referring to any First Nations individual who for whatever reason is not registered with the Federal government and/or Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Despite his Non-Status, rather than Metis, background, for many years he was one of the pre-eminent Métis leaders in Canada. A Métis is a person born to parents who belong to different groups defined by visible physical differences regarded as racial or the descendant of such persons Jim served as president of the Metis Society of Saskatchewan, and the Association of Métis and Non-Status Indians of Saskatchewan (AMNSIS), forerunners of the contemporary Métis Nation - Saskatchewan. The Métis Nation - Saskatchewan is an organization that represents the approximately 80000 Métis people in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada.
He had a difficult youth as a road allowance person, and struggled with alcohol addiction. Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions After beating his addiction Jim worked extensively at community level organization among his people, to get them to sober up, take responsibility for their lives, and to lead others in the struggle for their rights. He learned to become an expert at using the media, at using confrontation politics to force government to deal with peoples' immediate needs and rights. He focused on issues such as housing, institutional racism, Aboriginal land rights, hunting, fishing, and trapping rights, and education. Institutional Racism (or structural racism or systemic racism) refers to a form of Racism which occurs specifically in institutions such as public He was part of the team who helped to establish a major network of alcohol treatment centers, along with the Gabriel Dumont Institute of Métis Studies and Applied Research. The Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research is a post-secondary educational institution in Saskatchewan, Canada.
In 1987 during Canadian constitutional talks Sinclair took a strong stance against Premier Grant Devine of Saskatchewan, and Bill Vanderzalm of British Columbia for what he saw as their antagonism to Métis rights. Donald Grant Devine (born July 5, 1944) was the Progressive Conservative Premier of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan Wilhelmus Nicholaas Theodore Marie "Bill" Vander Zalm (born May 29, 1934 in Noordwijkerhout, South Holland) is a politician and British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Sinclair led the national Congress of Aboriginal Peoples. The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP is a Canadian aboriginal organization whose stated goal is to represent Canadian aboriginals ( First Nations and From 1996 to the present he has been President of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples of Saskatchewan.
Sinclair was awarded the Order of the Métis Nation in 2004 for a lifetime of service to the Aboriginal community.
See also
External links
- Biography of Jim Sinclair at the Métis National Council website
- Windspeaker Profiles of Outstanding Aboriginal People
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