Metis song shows need for Treaty education, vice chief says

A First Nations leader says some of the lyrics in an upbeat song of Metis pride show a need for more Treaty education.
The country song by Beauval musicians Derek Maurice and Dean Gauthier declares, “We’re Metis. We don’t get five dollars ’cause we’re Metis.”
“We pay our taxes on our very own, we pay cigarettes, gasoline and all of the clothes that we’ve worn, but the one thing killing me is how nothing comes up cheap like our status brothers,