Kwey, Understanding the long-time sex discrimination in the Indian Act is not easy. It requires some effort and reading and listening and thinking. It is not possible to understand the matter through reading 900 words alone. Unfortunately, this makes it harder for Indigenous women to gain the support they need. Many people are inclined to believe the non-sense that the current Liberal government is spewing regarding what they call stage 2 consultations to address the sex discrimination. This is non-sense in that rights are rights, there is no need to consult. Indigenous women have the right to live free from sex discrimination. This does not require a consultation process with Chiefs of First Nations. The past Conservative government was no better than the current Liberal government as both Parties need to eliminate Indigenous rights. Here are a few links where you can begin to learn about Indigenous women’s long time effort to resolve the sex discrimination: A short video introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYl8_QSDAjY Here is a summary of the long-time effort and key people who have challenged the sex discrimination: https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/persons-day-the-indigenous-famous-five-contingent While sex discrimination continues, we have made some progress: http://rabble.ca/news/2017/12/gehl-numbers-bill-s-3-act-amend-indian-act Here is an explanation and the ongoing sex discrimination that Canada refuses to address: https://www.lynngehl.com/black-face-blogging/understanding-61a-all-the-way In this blog you will find additional links that explain the issue: https://www.lynngehl.com/black-face-blogging/understanding-61a-all-the-way-the-knowledge-cannot-be-commodified In this article we learn how Maryam Monsef, Minister of Status of Women, failed Indigenous women by doing nothing: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/lynn-gehl/canada-is-carrying-out-cultural-genocide-with-a-smile_a_23204482/ Here is an article that hits the non-sense Liberal governments on its head: http://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/december-2017/equality-delayed-is-equality-denied-for-indigenous-women/ Listen to Mary Eberts talk about the role of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lauRGg7bddY Listen to Senator Marilou McPhedran on the need to address all the sex discrimination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAD49hCPjLQ Sharon McIvor and Pamela Palmater offer this: http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/the-people-left-behind-by-trudeaus-promised-nation-to-nation-relationship/ Sharon McIvor and Pamela Palmater speak to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p-UGBTj1Bk&index=4&t=4s&list=PL5QlapyOGhXt0BSFvgydHBu6yz2atqEN2 Chi-Miigwetch, Lynn