Gehl v Canada Challenging Sex Discrimination in the Indian Act Great Law of Peace Vera’s sister

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is a member of the Order of Canada and is a member of the Order of Nova Scotia

Gehl v Canada Challenging Sex Discrimination in the Indian Act Great Law of Peace Vera’s sisterA follow up to her successful Claiming Anishinaabe, Lynn Gehls latest book, Gehl v Canada, is the documentation of the her 34 year fight to change Canadas Indian Act policies regarding unknown and unstated paternity, a harmful, colonial legacy that has adversely affected generations of Indigenous women. It is also the celebration of Gehls tenacious, brave advocacy for Indigenous women and children in the face of colonial oppression. The paternity