-- Local News -- Tyendinaga Mohawks are awaiting the result of a court challenge that could potentially triple their membership of about 7,600 people.
This summer, British Columbia's supreme court ruled that section 6 of the Indian Act, which denies Indian status to people who trace their native ancestry through their matrilineal grandmothers, was discriminatory.
McIvor told Canadian Press it could mean 200,000 more people qualifying for status.
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