The Privy Council of Canada approved Orders in Council permitting Canadian Indigenous
persons to become enfranchised starting with the Indian Act of 1876. An enfranchised person lost their status as an Indigenous person when they were enfranchised. An Indigenous woman and her minor unmarried children became enfranchised when
the woman married a non-status man.
We have photographed these enfranchisement Orders in Council from 1878 to 1970 and indexed the names of the persons contained in them. The names include not only the enfranchised
Indigenous persons but also the non-status men who were married to Indigenous women.
Below is the list of surnames from N to Z.
The list of persons with surnames
from A to M is here: Surnames A - M
The
list of Indigenous bands and agencies shown in the enfranchisement Orders in Council is here: Bands and Agencies
To
order a photograph of the enfranchisement Order in Council containing a name you see in the list on this page or to ask any questions, please contact us at:
orderincouncillists@outlook.com