b'CHANGING THE NARRATIVEThe case Paul v. Paul represented a stateIndian Act. There was a lack of federal lawsuccessfully brought the issue of violence of affairs well understood by Indigenousto protect status Indian women living onagainst women to the publics attention. women across the country. Pauline Paul,reserves, so Pauline Paul and countlessFor feminists, the focus was all on the an Indigenous woman, sought an order toothers were left without remedy.womans healing. The male batterer stay in the home she helped build after shewas seen as a social threat. On a quest was verbally and physically assaulted byMeanwhile, a narrative around batteredfor solutions, feminists documented her husband. The Supreme Court rejectedwomen was being developed by Canadianhow police officers, often biased against her application. Such a court order underfeminists, one that failed to account forwomen, rarely laid charges against an provincial law cannot apply on reservesIndigenous worldviews. Two reportsabuser. As a result of feminist efforts, because it is inconsistent with the landbrought on behalf of the Canadiangovernments began to recognize wife possession scheme outlined in the federalAdvisory Council on the Status of Womenbattering as a crime as opposed to a private family matter. Attorney General offices issued directives to the police: lay charges in all cases of spousal assault when reasonable grounds exist, regardless of what the woman wishes. 4 Ontario The reform that was celebrated by feminists represented a step backwards Iron WorkersOntario DistrictCouncilfor Indigenous communities. Indigenous women wanted the entire family to heal, Iron Workers District Councilincluding the male batterer. Indigenous men were already being imprisonedOntarioIron Workers District CouncilLocal 700 - 721 - 736 - 759 - 765 - 786 - 834 Local 700 - 721 - 736 - 759 - 765 - 786 - 834Local 700 - 721 - 736 - 759 - 765 - 786 - 834 President1st Vice President2nd Vice President Financial Secretary-Treasurer President1st nd Vice President Financial Secretary-Treasurer Vice President2 James Hannah Kevin Bryenton Jason Roe Wayne Thibault Kevin Bryenton Jason Roe Wayne ThibaultJames Hannah President1st Vice President2Sergeant-at-Armsancial Secretary-TreasurerRecording Secretary TrusteesndCory Burke Don Melvin Jr. Vice President Fin Vincenzo Gandolfo Kevin Bryenton Jason Roe Wayne ThibaultJames Hannah Fred MacPherson Recording Secretary Trustees Sergeant-at-Arms4 Kimberley A. Crosbie, Re-Thinking Mandatory ChargingDelegatesPolicies in Cases of Wife Battering: A Critical Look at aCory Burke Don Melvin Jr. Vincenzo Gandolfo Rob Schaafsma Matt Robinson Marc Cardinal(White) Feminist Law Reform Strategy (Masters Thesis, Recording Secretary Marc Provost Sergeant-at-ArmsTrustees Nigel HareFred MacPherson Dean Smith 1995) at 3-4.Adam MacGillivray Phil White Charlie Giglia5 Cory BurkeDon Melvin Jr. Vincenzo Gandolfo Luiz Barros A First Nations View in Challenging Times: The Womens BJ Salt Steve Pratt Patricia A. Monture-Okanee, The Violence We Women Do:Clinton Knowlton Fred MacPhersonMovement in Canada and the United States, eds. Constance Delegates Chris Chorley Backhouse and David E. Flaherty (Canada: McGill-Queens Rob Schaafsma Matt Robinson Marc CardinalUniversity Press, 1992) 193 at 199. Nigel Hare Marc Provost Delegates Dean SmithAdam MacGillivray Phil White Charlie Giglia Rob Schaafsma Matt Robinson Marc Cardinal BJ Salt12Luiz Barros Dean Smith Fall/Winter 2021Nigel Hare Marc ProvostSteve Pratt Clinton Knowlton Adam MacGillivray Phil White Charlie Giglia Luiz BarrosSteve PrattBJ Salt Chris Chorley Clinton KnowltonChris Chorley'