Indian Act & Status Rights

This subsection contains material on responses to gender-based inequalities in the Indian Act, including Indigenous women’s organizing to secure status for themselves and their children, as well as to demand an active role in negotiating changes to the Indian Act.

Archival Materials

Documents
Background Paper: Bill C-31, Equality or Disparity? The Effects of the New Indian Act on Native Women

  • Year created:

    1987

  • Author(s):

    Joan Holme

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English
Indian Women of Tobique appeal for support

  • Year created:

    1979

  • Author(s):

    Indian Women of Tobique

  • Region:

    New Brunswick

  • Language:

    English
Issues & Campaigns: Les Femmes Indiennes et l’Alinéa 12 (1) (b)

  • Year created:

    --

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    French
Native Women and the Constitution: An I.R.I.W. Publication

  • Year created:

    1981

  • Author(s):

    Indian Rights for Indian Women (IRIW)

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English
New Areas of Inequality Against Indian Women Arise From Bill C-31: CACSW Background Paper

  • Year created:

    1987

  • Region:

    National (all of Canada)

  • Language:

    English and French

Films

Reel Women’s Cable Collective – Women on Camera: Who is an Indian Woman?

  • Year created:

    1983

  • Filmmaker(s):

    Reel Women's Cable Collective

  • Language:

    English

  • Region:

    Saskatchewan