The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Compare the way of life of the Métis with the way of life of the people from Canada West who settled in the Red River area. What does this comparison tell you about the cultural identity of the Métis?
What this tells me is that the Metis were one of the first aborigen tribes that settled in the Canadian territory and intermingled with the first white European people that arrived in this territory during colonial North American times.
These people originated in what is known as West Canada and settled along the Red River.
The Metis people have defended their cultural identity despite some conflicts that they have with the Canadian government in the 1885s, but through the pass of time, the Metis have been recognized as a tribe with rights under the protection of the Canadian Constitution.
I think some people in British Columbia were more accepting of some cultural groups than others because they know better and have the respect and tolerance to understand their culture, traditions, and belief systems. These attitudes have allowed the region to have a pacific relationship that has benefited all.
The Metis tribe belongs to the Congres of Aboriginal People (CAP).