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When Enfranchisement Outlives the Law: Nicholas v Canada and the Continuing Reach of the Indian Act
17 August 2026
For generations, enfranchisement was one of the Indian Act’s principal instruments of assimilation. It rested on a stark premise: a First Nations person could obtain