Stephen Mussell is an Indigenous rights lawyer, father, partner, citizen of the Manitoba Métis Federation, and was, until recently moving to Treaty 4 and the Métis Homeland, a member of the Métis Nation British Columbia. Among others, his mother Constance Mussell's (née Waldo) family is descended from the Brown, Whitford, Price, Spence, and Cook families, and his father Michael Mussell's family is descended from the Klyne, LaFrance, Cyr, and Nolin families.