Sorry I missed your reply Alley cat, what advantages do you have with a Métis card? Do you gain any tax free status? Hunting or fishing rights? I'm sorry, but that is the part that I take exception to. I can trace my lineage back to before North America's discovery. Directly from King and Queen Freezie, Miss Whonnock, Lacuse, to name a few. Our claim to our territories and the rights within them is bread deep in the fact that we never immigrated to any part of Canada. We have been right here for thousands of years if not 10's of thousands. The fact that there are many issues surrounding our current situation in the fisheries of B.C. that remain unresolved, while some Métis go around saying they don't need fishing licenses, only adds fuel to the fire you might say. I happen to be living in a situation where I still see people taking resources in large commercial fishing vessels, while we sit by with a signed treaty that is supposed to grant us access to the resources "as before settlement" and watch them continue to rape and pillage the ocean. If I was to go out and try to earn the moderate livelihood that was promised to me by that treaty I would likely be arrested and thrown in jail. The fact that I do not need to produce a fishing license to a fisheries officer, only my status card, is of little advantage when you consider what we are actually due.