Hi,

The way I understand the "duty to inform" is that it gives Bands an opportunity to act at best, and similar to a legal warning, at worst. It basically covers their interests in the event no one responds at the band level.

Mike

I think there are many factors but one might be a cultural thing with them. Women take on the identity of the man, traditionally in their culture. They take on his name etc. So for them it was 'natural' that an Indian women would lose everything and 'become' white. Whereas a white women became less than if she married a native men. Back then status wasn't a good thing, there weren't benefits, just restrictions. She had betrayed her people if she joined up with a native guy.