Original sentence: As French Canadians followed the fur trade to the west, they made more unions with different First Nations women, including the Cree.Descendants of English or Scottish and natives were historically called "half-breeds" or "country born".In a recent decision (), the Supreme Court of Canada has rejected such homogenizing and essentializing definition of Métis identity based on a narrow nationalistic interpretation of Métis identity, recognizing the diversity of Métis communities across Canada, including the existence of Métis communities in Nova Scotia at para 17:.Lower case 'm' métis refers to those who are of mixed native and other ancestry, recognizing the many people of varied racial ancestry.Others view this distinction as recent, artificial, and offensive, criticized for creating from what are newly imagined and neatly defined ethnological boundaries, justification to exclude "other Métis".Some argue that people who identify as métis should not be included in the definition of 'Métis'.Such a limitation would result in excluding some of the Maritime, Quebec, and Ontario Métis, classifying them simply by the lower case m métis status.The Nation Métis Québec is not affiliated with the Métis National Council.The first records of "Métis" were made by 1600 on the East Coast of Canada (Acadia), where French exploration and settlement started.The term Métis was originally used simply to refer to mixed-race children of the union of Frenchmen (Europeans) and Native women.The term eventually evolved to refer to all 'half-breeds' or persons of mixed First Nations-European ancestry, whether descended from the historic Red River Métis or not.They sometimes adopted a more agrarian culture of subsistence farming and tended to be reared in Protestant denominations
Edited sentence: ===Distinction of lower-case m versus upper-case M===.Lower case "m" refers to anyone with a 50/50 blood quantum and not necessarily someone with aboriginal ancestry.Many organizations exist that claim to be of Metis or metis ancestry and are not recognized by First Nation, Inuit and Metis or the Canadian government.The noun "metis" is a french noun that translates into English as "halfbreed" and is indeed a prerogative term coined by people of European descent.The noun is used around the world to describe people whom can be referred to as half breed.The term métis was first used in Canada to refer to mixed-race children of the union of Frenchmen (Europeans) and Native women.These organizations are not directly linked to MNC or other government sanctified Metis organizations