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Disenfranchising Indigenous women: The legacy of coverture in Canada

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par Cheryl Simon, Assistant Professor in Aboriginal and Indigenous Law, Dalhousie University

The recent controversy surrounding Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond’s claims of being Indigenous has once again shone a spotlight on the issue of “pretendians” — people who have obtained privileged positions through false claims of indigeneity.

It also points to the way Indigenous women’s identities have been determined by men throughout most of Canada’s history.…

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