Tommy Douglas gets a shoutout in piece about coercive sterilization
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You're playing word games. There was no such thing as an "enfranchised Indian" because they had to give up their status to become enfranchised.
They had to be Canadian citizens to vote in Canadian elections?
WOW, blowing my mind here, tuchodi.
You're ignoring the fact that they had to be enfranchised to vote.
Instead of dodging you should tell the folks what that means.
Own property, which they could. Which they did. Ergo landowning Indians could vote. Meaning John A. gave them the vote ~ a century before others made to buttress the right.
You're ignoring the fact that they had to be enfranchised to vote.
Instead of dodging you should tell the folks what that means.