Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

07/10/2021 16 min
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again

Listen "Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again"

Episode Synopsis

Under Canada’s Indian Act, prior to 1985, a woman who married a non-Indigenous man lost her Indian status, and risked being evicted from her reserve. A new documentary tells the story of a Mohawk woman who lost her status and fought for more than two decades to get it back and end sex discrimination under the Indian Act. We speak with Mohawk writer and director Courtney Montour.

More episodes of the podcast Redeye