Daniel is Métis from the Métis Nation of the Red River Valley and was born, raised, and educated near his family’s scrip land in the inner city of Winnipeg. Daniel received his PhD from UBC in 2015. His research examines the tense political and legal relationships between Métis and other Indigenous peoples in Manitoba. Using the work of Métis scholar and activist Howard Adams, his work explores the way difficult and fractious political relationships can foster a broad inter-Indigenous decolonizing politics. He teaches courses focused on Indigenous-state relations, Indigenous legal orders and Indigenous governance, with forthcoming courses on Indigenous gender and feminisms.