This is the Canadian government's report on the Descheneaux case decision, which helped uncover section 6 of the Indian Act that violated section 15 of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms due to the inequality of Indian registration
This policy was developed to address situations of unknown or unstated parentage (parents, grandparents or other ancestors) in the process of Indian registration.
In situations where providing parentage information is impossible or cannot occur (for various reasons), this page outlines what the federal government has done to accommodate these circumstances with reference to the Gehl decision.
Bill S-3 was developed to address the sex-based inequities present within the Indian Act.
This Bill is commonly known in association with the Descheneaux Case, which comes from Stephane Descheneaux of the Abenaki community of Odanak who was unable to pass on the status to his dau
This is the Canadian government's background publication on the Sixties Scoop, which was a time during the 60s–80s where Indigenous children were taken from their homes and placed in foster care or were sent to be adopted by non-Indigenous families.
There was a class action filed in 2009, but in 2017 Minister Carolyn Bennett announced that the government would begin negotiations to resolve the Sixties Scoop litigation to begin moving away from litigations to negot
This is the official record of the Superior Court of Quebec case on Descheneaux, which helped to influence the fundamental changes of the Indian Act and the implementation of Bill S-3.
Bill C-3 was developed in 2010 to address some inequities that remained in the Indian Act, including but not limited to, giving eligibility back to grandchildren of women who lost their status due to their marriage with a non-Indian man.
In 1946, a Special Joint Parliamentary Committee of the Senate and the House of Commons was tasked with reviewing the Indian Act and other policies surrounding Indian affairs.
This was one of the first times that First Nations and elders were able to address concerns regarding th
The Indian Act is known as one of the most pivotal documents in Canada's Indigenous history as it played a vital role in the suppression of Indigenous rights, giving more power to the federal government in regards to Indigenous affairs.