August le Blanc
Well technically if you are 51 % Native, for real you are metis. That you fall into a different category. Instead of being subject to you are allies by treaty and protected by a royal proclamation by King George in 1763, that is recognized in the charter of rights and freedoms. The Proclamation been acknowledged by Queen Victoria as well.
I can trace my heritage very far I qualify.
So..
I am of metis heritage, alberta