As part of the Social Science Festival at Vanier College, filmmaker Courtney Montour will be in attendance to answer questions at a screening of her film

Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again (Courtney Montour| 34 min | 2021)

The powerful story of Mary Two-Axe Earley, who fought for more than two decades to challenge sex discrimination against First Nations women embedded in Canada’s Indian Act and became a key figure in Canada’s women’s rights movement. Using never-before-seen archival footage and audio recordings, Mohawk filmmaker Courtney Montour engages in a deeply personal conversation with the late Mohawk woman who challenged sexist and genocidal government policies that stripped First Nations women and children of their Indian status when they married non-Indian men. Montour speaks with Cree activist Nellie Carlson, Mary’s lifelong friend and co-founder of Indian Rights for Indian Women, and meets with three generations in Mary’s kitchen in Kahnawà:ke to honour the legacy of a woman who galvanized a national network of allies to help restore Indian status to thousands of First Nations women and children.

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This event is free and open to the public. All are welcome. For more information contact Silke Lach at <lachs@vaniercollege.qc.ca>