We the adult Associates of the Métis Community known as the Zibiodey / River Heart Métis Aboriginal Community/ Band, in order to: Promote the common welfare and prosperity of our Band and its descendants
* Protect our people, property and resources,
* Provide for the perpetuation of our way of life,
* Preserve our right of self-government,
* Preserve, secure and exercise all the inherent sovereign rights and powers of an Aboriginal tribe/ community,
* Better transact our band business and our educational, social, cultural and industrial affairs, And Ensure the political integrity and cultural identity of the Zibiodey / River Heart Band Métis Aboriginal Community / Band.
* Educate our communities that American Indian people have not vanished and that we are still alive and continue to carry on our ancestral ways.
Very few people have ever heard or known about the Metis American Indian people. The Metis are individuals who are descendants of the first people of the Americas that evolved from intermarriage of the people who came to the Americas from the continents to the east of the Atlantic ocean and west of the Pacific ocean. The Metis are proud people and they are many in numbers, yet only a few are willing to take a stand and demand their rights as American Indian citizens in the USA, Canada, Central America and South America.
The Zibiodey River Heart Metis Aboriginal Community/ Band are those who are seeking their God Given right to be recognized as Metis Citizens of the USA and Canada. We have filed our petition to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Department of Interior for our rightful God Given recognition. We are a Non Profit Group registered in Indiana and stand loyal to what belongs to us that others took away, by phoney excuses and false promises.
Indiana was not home to one specific Indian tribe, it had many and the Zibiodey has a few associates who are lineal descendants of those original historical and non historical aboriginal tribes. The Metis were recognized as signers of various treaties in Indiana territory and especially on the Vincennes treaty of 1732 . We strive to make certain our future generations will have a somewhat easier road to travel than what our struggles have been in the past and recent.
The Metis people are the only group of Native people who were never forcefully removed from their homelands. Those who deny the Metis are those who wish to continue the Holocost against Descendents of the First Aboriginal people of the Americas. We stand strong in our values and continue to fight the struggles presented towards us. " THIS IS OUR GOD GIVEN RIGHT ! "
