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This  week's roundtable tries to unpack some recent legal and political  developments in the area of Indian Status, in particular, its  long-standing, some say intentional, sexism.

First, we delve into an Indigenous woman's 30-year-plus court battle to  regain her Indian Status, a battle that just resulted in victory in Ontario. But will Lynn Gehl's  win against the sexism of Canada's Indian Status system endure? If so,  what could it mean for thousands just like her? 

We then look at Bill S-3,  a bill that, like Gehl's case, deals with gender discrimination in the  Indian Act but, like most federal fixes in this area, only seems to exacerbate the problem it was meant to solve. Joining us again are scholar Pam Palmater and author Paul Seesequasis.

If you've never had to familiarize yourself with the minutiae of Status,  consider yourself lucky. It's a legal labyrinth that, as you will hear,  even bedevils lawyers. 

To assist those who may need some grounding (or a  refresher) in the basics—some Status 101—I would like to share this excellent primer  by Chelsea Vowel aka âpihtawikosisân. You can actually find this, and  many more excellent pieces like it, within the pages of Chelsea's  awesome hard copy book, Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Metis & Inuit Issues in Canada.

—Rick

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