Article: Native women sue for equality (trying to stop federal gov't. from finalizing land management deals).

Article: Be a squeaky wheel to make Indian Act ...
Windspeaker;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... OMITTED] I strongly believe that as Native women, we are still being treated unequal ... under section 6(1) of the Indian Act. Her children also gained status ... against this discrimination--the Native Women's Association of Canada comes ...

Article: Native women's issues to be studied.
Windspeaker;  June 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... will change or replace the Indian Act. Assistant deputy minister ... Assembly of First Nations. The Native Women's Association in Erickson ... matrimonial assets of divorced Native women because the Indian Act does not protect them. There ...

Encyclopedia entry: Native Women's Issues
Canadian Encyclopedia;      700+ words ... ... legal discrimination against native women and the loss of their treaty ... The Canadian government's Indian Act discriminated against native women in this fashion from 1869 ... when Bill C-31 amended the Indian Act to remove the discrimination ...

Article: Bill C-31 draws $400 million lawsuit. (News).(Canadian ...
Windspeaker;  December 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... trial. Section 6 of the Indian Act, the section changed ... legal counsel for the Native Women's Association of Canada ... 12-1) b of the 1951 Indian Act which was found to have discriminated against Native women who married non-Native ...

Article: The serene champion of native women's rights.(Life)
The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario);  July 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... such as the Indian Act of 1876, which ... discriminated against native women's land ownership ... report, on missing native women. In 2000, she ... amendments to the Indian Act in 2002, where ... presidency of the Native Women's Association ...

Article: Human rights commissioner targets Indian Act.(news)
Windspeaker;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... any provision of the Indian Act or any provision made ... be justified under the Indian Act. And the day before ... to an amendment to the Indian Act. That amendment, Bill ... discrimination against Native women who lost their status ...

Article: Native women give recommendations on Bill C-31
Alberta Sweetgrass;  June 30, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Native women give recommendations ... 1985 change to the Indian Act. That's the consensus ... gathering hosted by the Native Women's Association ... protect the rights of Native women and their children ... 12(1b) of the Indian Act to be contrary to ...