The right to vote was also tied to enfranchisement until 1960 when Indians were deemed worthy of being able to vote in federal elections.

When did enfranchisement stop?

A 1985 amendment to the Indian Act eliminated the idea of enfranchisement as used here: as well as eliminating the Act's discriminatory section, the government gave individual bands the right to decide their own conditions for membership.

Does enfranchisement still exist?

Bill C-31 removed both voluntary and involuntary enfranchisement provisions. Women who enfranchised, along with their children, could be reinstated or became eligible for registration.