Winnipeg’s City Council voted unanimously to fly the flags of three Indigenous Nations, including the national flag of Métis Nation, at City Hall. The flag, an infinity symbol on a field of blue, will join the civic, provincial and national flags at City Hall, facing Main Street. Flying the Nation’s flag also acknowledges the critical role the Métis played in the building of the Red River Settlement, now called Winnipeg, and bringing the province of Manitoba into confederation. Until now, these requests have not been heard or honoured.

Manitoba is the only province brought into Canada’s confederation by an Indigenous government. You can’t meaningfully discuss the history of Manitoba without involving the Métis Nation.”

First unfurled in 1816, and widely recognized as the standard for Métis Nation at the Victory of Frog Plain, the Métis flag predates the flag of Canada by approximately 150 years. It is the oldest patriotic flag that is indigenous to Canada. It was accepted by the Métis National Council as the official flag of the Métis Nation and was secured in 2013 through an official mark, to protect it as a symbol of the Métis Nation, and ensure its collective ownership by the Citizens of the Métis Nation.