This factsheet summarizes Sylvia Van Kirk's history of Indigenous/non-Indigenous marriage in colonial Canada. Marriage processes changed from "marrying-in" in the early 19th century (when European fur traders married into Indigenous families) to "marrying-out by the late 19th century (when Indigenous women lost their 'Indian status' for marrying European men).
Van Kirk, Sylvia. "From 'Marrying-In' to 'Marrying-Out': Changing Patterns of Aboriginal/Non-Aboriginal Marriage in Colonial Canada." Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies 23, no. 3 (2002): 1-11.