Grace Oulette "The aboriginal women's movement"

Question 1

Section 12 (1) B of the indian act

Answer 1

Section 12(1)(b) of the Indian act stated that women who married Non-Indians were not entitled to treaty rights and Indian status
However, Indian men were able to marry whomever without penalty and pass on status to children and their spouse

Question 2

12 (1) B was replaced will bill c 31… but what did this do?

Answer 2

-Was supposed to eliminate discrimination
Problems were: women who married out pre-1985 have status restored but band decides about membership & residency for children
Gov did not allocate enough resources, C-31 designed to reduce the size of status population

Question 3

What did the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) fight for, where was the violence rooted?

Answer 3

o The violence is rooted in the white people feeling entitled and holding power over the aboriginals since colonization
- fought for the rights of indian women

Question 4

How was the NWAC formed?

Answer 4

• Came to life when aboriginal women became aware that they were being discriminated against by Canada’s Indian Act