Gehl v Canada

Lynn Gehl , Algonquin Anishinaabe-kwe, is a member of PikwAkanagAn First Nation. She is an author, advocate, and artist. Her previous two books are Claiming Anishinaabe: Decolonizing the Human Spirit and The Truth That Wampum Tells: My Debwewinon the Algonquin Land Claims Process. Her current work focuses on Canada's Algonquin genocide, and caring for the most vulnerable. She has fought to help and protect those who have been affected by such as matters related to unknown / unstated paternity and the Indian Act, and Indigenous women and girls with disabilities who are bigger targets of sexual violence. In all she does, Lynn thinks, writes, and practices from within the Indigenist paradigm. She encourages all people to go back to their own ancestral Indigenous knowledge. She lives in Peterborough, Ontario. You can read more of her work at www.lynngehl.com .

Figures and Tables Dedication Foreword by Mary Eberts Preface: Indigenous Ways of Knowing Acknowledgements Acronyms Introduction Part One: On Identity Matters 1. Fighting for Recognition 2. The Personal Implications of the Discrimination in the Indian Act 3. Long Live the "Algonquin Frauds" 4. "Love to Me Is the Kids" 5. Disenfranchised Spirit: A Theory and a Model Part Two: Some Community Writing 6. Women Protest Bill c-31 Threat to Erase Indians 7. Great Gathering against Bill c-3 8. Indian Act Still Discriminating 9. The Indian Act's Legislative Silence 10. Canada's Court System: A Hostile Place for Indigenous Peoples Part Three: On Cultural Genocide 11. Canada's Unstated Paternity Policy Amounts to Genocide against Indigenous Children 12. Canada Is Carrying Out Cultural Genocide with a Smile Part Four: Some Academic Works 13. "The Queen and I": Discrimination against Women in the Indian Act Continues 14. Unknown and Unstated Paternity and the Indian Act: Enough Is Enough! 15. Protecting Indian Rights for Indian Babies: Canada's "Unstated Paternity" Policy 16. Ontario's History of Tampering and Re-tampering with Birth Registration Documents Part Five: A Talk, a Testimonial, and a Submission 17. Law Society of Upper Canada Talk 18. House of Commons Committee Testimony 19. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Submission Part Six: Bill s-3 20. Understanding "6(1)a All The Way!" 21. Carolyn Bennett's "Two Million" New Indians 22. Valuing Discourse: Senators Discuss Indian and Northern Affairs Canada's "Unstated Paternity" Policy Part Seven: Dishonouring Wenonah's Jurisdiction 23. My Last Chapter: I Am Only a Woman Part Eight: Some Final Thoughts 24. Defeating the Wiindigo 25. I Danced and I Danced; My Heart Was Full Afterword: Morals before Knowledge Appendix: Timeline of Gehl v Canada Notes Anishinaabemowin Words and Meanings Bibliography Index

"With knowledge and experience from years of advocacy before Parliament as well as the courts, and the depth of perception typical of all her scholarly work, Dr. Gehl assesses what more is needed before the Indian Act system can be truly egalitarian. Her book is unique and inspiring." Mary Eberts , from the foreword "[It] is remarkable and a monument in Indigenous struggles with the colonial Crown." Veldon Coburn , Institute of Indigenous Research and Studies at University of Ottawa "Congratulations . . . to Dr. Lynn Gehl for her successful challenge of the Indian Registrar's refusal to allow her to be registered under the Indian Act . . . . Good win, Lynn!" The Honourable Murray Sinclair "Gehl embodies essential Indigenous wisdom, bravery, and responsibility in her work to dismantle the systems of colonial oppression. Her work serves as a beacon in a network of pathways for our people to make their way home." Chief Wendy Jocko , Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation "The legal decision in Gehl v Canada will have profound effects for the future, ensuring that hundreds of thousands of Indigenous mothers will be able to pass their status on to their children. This victory, the product of decades of struggle by Lynn Gehl, is chronicled here. Read it and learn!" Bonita Lawrence , author of Fractured Homeland