 Harper also opposed the Charlottetown Accord in 1992, even though Assembly of First Nations Chief Ovide Mercredi supported it.According to the "Indian Act", status Indian women who married men who were not status Indians lost their treaty status, and their children would not get status.However, in the reverse situation, if a status Indian man married a woman who was not a status Indian, the man would keep his status and his children would also receive treaty status.