Canada: Indigenous women and men get the federal vote

Only in 1950 did the Indigenous men and women in Canada get the right to vote in federal elections. They were still barred from voting in some provinces.

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Links

Voting Rights: Indigenous Suffrage in Manitoba and Beyond. Canadian Women's Foundation.

Indigenous Suffrage. The Canadian Encyclopedia.

Indigenous Women's Issues in Canada. The Canadian Encyclopedia.

Contemporary news

Decades of missing Indigenous women a 'Canadian genocide' – leaked report. The Guardian.