Editing Indian Register (section)

==History==
In 1851 the colonial governments of [[British North America]] began to keep records of Indians and bands entitled to benefits under [[treaty]]. For 100 years, individual [[Indian agent (Canada)|Indian agent]]s made lists of members who belonged to each band. In 1951, the current Indian Register was established by amendment of the ''[[Indian Act]]'', and the many band lists were combined into one.

In 1985, the ''Indian Act'' was amended again with the goal of restoring First Nations status to people who had lost it through discriminatory provisions of the act, and to their children. Over 100,000 people who had lost their status in this way were added to the register.