"Congratulations . . . to Dr. Lynn Gehl for her successful challenge of the Indian Registrar’s refusal to allow her to be registered under the Indian Act. . . . Good win, Lynn!"
— The Honourable Murray Sinclair

"With knowledge and experience from years of advocacy before Parliament as well as the courts, and the depth of perception typical of all her scholarly work, Dr. Gehl assesses what more is needed before the Indian Act system can be truly egalitarian. Her book is unique and inspiring."
— Bonita Lawrence, author of Fractured Homeland: Federal Recognition and Algonquin Identity in Ontario

"[R]emarkable . . . a monument in Indigenous struggles with the colonial Crown."
— Veldon Coburn, Institute of Indigenous Research and Studies at University of Ottawa

"The status of women under the Indian Act had been disputed for decades. Lynn Gehl led an important part of that struggle bravely and sometimes without much support. This book takes us deeply through the history of this critical struggle for women’s rights."
— Judy Rebick, author of Heroes in My Head and founding publisher of rabble.ca

"Gehl embodies essential Indigenous wisdom, bravery, and responsibility in her work to dismantle the systems of colonial oppression. Her work serves as a beacon in a network of pathways for our people to make their way home."
— Chief Wendy Jocko, Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation

"The legal decision in Gehl v Canada will have profound effects for the future, ensuring that hundreds of thousands of Indigenous mothers will be able to pass their status on to their children. This victory, the product of decades of struggle by Lynn Gehl, is chronicled here. Read it and learn!"
— Bonita Lawrence, author of Fractured Homeland

Lynn Gehl, Algonquin Anishinaabe-kwe, is a member of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation. She is an author, advocate, and artist. Her previous two books are Claiming Anishinaabe: Decolonizing the Human Spirit and The Truth That Wampum Tells: My Debwewinon the Algonquin Land Claims Process. Her current work focuses on Canada's Algonquin genocide, and caring for the most vulnerable. She has fought to help and protect those who have been affected by such as matters related to unknown / unstated paternity and the Indian Act, and Indigenous women and girls with disabilities who are bigger targets of sexual violence. In all she does, Lynn thinks, writes, and practices from within the Indigenist paradigm. She encourages all people to go back to their own ancestral Indigenous knowledge. She lives in Peterborough, Ontario. You can read more of her work at www.lynngehl.com.