Case Brief – Kahkewistahaw First Nation v. Taypotat

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Kahkewistahaw First Nation in Saskatchewan spent 13 years developing an Election Code which included a Grade 12 education requirement for candidates who wished to be Chief or a Band Councillor. Louis Taypotat, who had been Chief for most of the previous three decades, was 76 years old and had a Grade 10 education.