It Took The Government 36 Years To Tell Me What I Already Knew: I Am A Status Indian

I have spent my adult life trying to undo the impacts of my grandmother's "voluntary" enfranchisement seven decades ago. It took Canada 36 years to acknowledge that I am a Status Indian. I grew up in Matachewan, Ont., a township near Matachewan First Nation. There were only seven houses on the First …