What was accomplished with Bill C-31 in 1985?
A) The release of a report documenting murdered and missing Indigenous women since 1971.
B) The Gender Equity in Indian Registration Act was signed into law, allowing the grandchildren of Indigenous women who lost their Indian identity by marrying non-status males to apply for their status to be restored.
C) The RCMP report
D) A commission was formed to look into the disappearances and murders of women in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
E) Section 12 of the Indian Act was repealed, and affected Indigenous women were given their status back.

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Bill C-31 in 1985 repealed Section 12(1)(b) of the Indian Act, which had previously stripped Indigenous women of their status if they married non-status men. This amendment allowed those women, and their children, to have their status restored.

What Was Accomplished with Bill C-31 in 1985