Mary Two-Axe Early, Mohawk, 1911-
She
was a non-status Mohawk from Kahnawake reserve in Quebec. Mary
Two-Axe Early married a non-Aboriginal man and consequently lost
her official status due to a clause in the Indian Act. In 1967,
she took her case of gender discrimination to the Royal Commission
on the Status of Women. She won and got her status back. Two-Axe
Early was a pioneer in Aboriginal rights as she was the first
to raise public awareness around the issue of gender discrimination.
