Bill C-31 (1985)

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Bill C-31 (1985) is a Canadian legislative amendment that reformed the Indian Act by restoring status to many Indigenous women and their descendants who had lost it through discriminatory provisions, and by changing rules around band membership and status transmission.

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An Act to Amend the Indian Act 1
Bill C-31 (1985) canonical 1

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Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian federal legislation ⓘ
amendment to the Indian Act ⓘ
addresses sex-based discrimination in the pre-1985 Indian Act ⓘ
addressesDiscriminationAgainst First Nations women ⓘ
linked to: First Nations

children of First Nations women who married non-status men ⓘ
amends Indian Act ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Canada ⓘ
changes rules for band membership control ⓘ
rules for entitlement to Indian status ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
effect allowed many individuals to re-register as status Indians ⓘ
altered eligibility for federal programs tied to Indian status ⓘ
enabled bands to create their own membership codes ⓘ
establishes separate concepts of Indian status and band membership ⓘ
impactOn First Nations communities across Canada ⓘ
federal recognition of Indigenous identity ⓘ
introducedConcept new categories of status under section 6 of the Indian Act ⓘ
introducedInChamber House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
legalReformArea Indigenous rights and recognition ⓘ
gender equality in Indigenous status law ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
legalSubject First Nations band membership ⓘ
Indian status in Canada ⓘ
transmission of Indian status ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of Canada ⓘ
partOf Canadian Indigenous policy reforms of the 1980s ⓘ
purpose to reform rules governing band membership ⓘ
to remove sex-based discrimination from the Indian Act ⓘ
to restore Indian status to persons who had lost it through discriminatory provisions ⓘ
relatedTo gender-based discrimination cases before Canadian courts ⓘ
subsequent amendments to the Indian Act addressing remaining inequities ⓘ
restoresStatusTo Indigenous women who lost status by marrying non-status men ⓘ
descendants of Indigenous women who lost status through marriage ⓘ
subjectOf legal challenges and critiques regarding residual discrimination ⓘ
scholarly analysis on Indigenous women’s rights ⓘ
title An Act to Amend the Indian Act ⓘ
linked to: Bill C-31 (1985)
yearEnacted 1985 ⓘ

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Indian Act → amendedBy → Bill C-31 (1985) ⓘ
Bill C-31 (1985) → title → An Act to Amend the Indian Act ⓘ
linked to: Bill C-31 (1985)