First Nations women finally to be treated equally under Indian Act: Bennett
Aug 16, 2019 | 12:55 PM
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OTTAWA — Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says First Nations women will finally be treated the same as men under the Indian Act.
Bennett says First Nations women and their descendants will be able to obtain equal status and category of membership as the First Nations men and their descendants.
She says that past provisions within the Indian Act meant women lost their status when they married non-Indigenous men while men who married non-Indigenous women kept their status.
The government says it has now brought provisions into force that allow registration by descendants born before April 17, 1985, who lost their status or were removed from band lists due to marriages to non-Indian men.
