“Métis”Ask any Canadian what Mtis means, and they will likely say mixed race. Canadians consider Mtis mixed in ways that other indigenous people are not, and the census and courts have premised their recognition of Mtis status on this race based understanding. According to Andersen, Canada got it wrong. Our very preoccupation with mixedness is not natural but stems from more than 150 years of sustained labour on the part of the state and others. From its