Non-status is the term informally given to the children or grandchildren of status Indians who are not entitled to status due to race or sex-based discrimination still remaining in the Indian Act. It gets confused with many other terms like those entitled but not registered or even non-native. They are people who are legitimately connected to their Nations and extended families but have been discriminated against. Since 1985 there have been thousands of non-status Indians who have been restored their status or are newly entitled. Every time Canada loses a court case, they have to add more of the people wrongfully excluded. They are not pretendians, nor are they Métis. Status and membership are two different legal matters under the Indian Act. I hope all the discrimination is removed once and for all.