By Caitrin Pilkington  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Delegates from the Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) will hold a meeting on Wednesday night in Yellowknife as part of their Beyond Borders initiative. The movement, announced in June, is intended to better serve Metis with genealogical connections to the Red River Settlement in Manitoba who live outside the province. Over the summer, MMF met with members living in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and northern Ontario. This week, the federation heads to the N.W.T. “We’re going out to meet with citizens who are already signed up, who have their citizenship cards, and discuss ways we can provide for them, whether that’s better education, housing, or simply a stronger sense of identity,” said Will Goodon, leader of the federation’s Beyond Borders Task Force. While that goal

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