Past provisions within the long-controversial Indian Act meant women lost their status when they married non-Indigenous men, while men who married non-Indigenous women kept their status. Continue reading
It’s time to end 143 years of gender inequality in the federal Indian Act, says a group of Indigenous women and their supporters. Continue reading
A large crowd of protesters gathered outside an Edmonton hotel Wednesday, where inside an Assembly of First Nations policy meeting was taking place. Continue reading
For the last three Tuesdays, Lynn Gehl and about a dozen others have been in front of MP Maryam Monsef’s office demanding a change to the Indian Act. Continue reading
Jody Wilson-Raybould spent much of her career fighting the Indian Act. Continue reading
“They discontinued what we put in place, so it’s just a regular penitentiary right now. It’s not a healing lodge.” Continue reading
Rebuilding Canada’s relationship with Indigenous people is part of the legacy Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants to leave, he told chiefs gathered at a major Assembly of First Nations meeting in Ottawa Tuesday afternoon. Continue reading
Marc Miller, the parliamentary secretary to the federal Crown-Indigenous Relations minister, told a First Nations self-governance summit in Halifax that the paternalistic constraints of the Indian Act lead directly to dependency, isolation and indignities. Continue reading
Marlene Toney’s occupancy became an issue for the Annapolis Valley First Nation because, under the Indian Act, reserve lands are held by the federal Crown in trust for the exclusive benefit of First Nation bands. Continue reading
It’s a name that’s been around over 100 years but next year, Indian Village at the Calgary Stampede will be called something else. Continue reading