An Algonquin-Anishinaabe woman who waged a legal battle to gain status has won an important victory after a Court of Appeal ruling. The applicant in the case, Lynn Gehl, and her counsel, argued sex discrimination existed under the Indian Act. The case Gehl v. Canada (Attorney General), 2017 ONCA 319 hinged on the unknown identity of Gehl’s paternal grandfather, which was required for her to be registered, but that she argued was discriminatory, because “the mother of a child will always be known, but there will frequently be situations where the Indian mother of a child either does not know the identity of the father of her child, or cannot reveal that identity except at unacceptable personal cost.” Read more at the link ...