74.1 The Right to Status of Indian Women
Whereas, Present legislation denies an Indian Woman:
a. The right to be called Indian if she marries a non-Indian;
b. The right to return to the Reservation if she loses her husband through death, divorce, or separation; and,
c. If she is an unwed mother, the right to determine whether or not she shall keep her child, and whether or not it shall be brought up as an Indian; and,
Whereas, None of the above need involve any property rights or settlements to her, or rights of any kind to a non-Indian husband or children;
RESOLVED, (The Provincial Council of Women of Nova Scotia requests) the National Council of Women of Canada to request that legislation be enacted to rectify the situations noted (a), (b), and (c) in consultation with the Indian women.