Mrs. Joseph Boyer
Mohawk woman evicted from her community
On April 15, 1923, a Mohawk mother from Caughnawaga (now Kahnawake) was evicted from her community because she had married a white man 25 years before. With no money and speaking no French or English, Mrs. Joseph Boyer sought refuge in Montréal with her four children in tow. The description of this archival photo indicates that she was the first Indian woman married to a non-Indian to have been evicted from a reserve by the federal government.
