Métis Scrip Records

Commissions

Treaty 8 Commission

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Registers/Indexes

Dept. of the Interior, RG 15, Series D II 8 m, North-West Half-Breeds and Original White Settlers, Registers and Indexes, 1877-1927, 4.5 m, vols. 1475 to 1555; microfilm reels C-11872 to C-11885.

[Nominal Index] North-West Half-Breed Supplementary Claims. Authority, chap. 54, sec. 90, sub-sec. F. Revised Statutes of Canada, and Order-in-Council of ...[6th May,1899]

A register of claimants appearing before the Treaty 8 Commission, as authorized by P.C. 918, 6 May, 1899. The register is organized by claim (application) number, with each entry noting the name and residence of the applicant; his/her date of birth; the date of the declaration; the decision of the Commission (whether or not the claim was allowed); and the scrip certificate number.

To use this register when the claim (application) number is unknown, researchers have two choices. They can either consult the alphabetical index to the claims register (RG 15, volume 1529, described elsewhere), or finding aid FA15-21, both of which are organized according to the claimant's name and provide the claim number.

Claims 001 to 601; RG 15, vol. 1486, Aperture Card Book 69, reel C-11874

[Alphabetical] Index North-West Half-Breed Supplementary Claims, Authorized by chap. 54, sec. 90, sub-sec. F., R.S.C., and Order-in-Council of ...[6th May, 1899]

An alphabetical list of applicants listed in the claims register for the Treaty 8 Commission (volume 1486). Each entry provides the name of the applicant, his/her residence, the names of the applicant's parents, and the scrip certificate number.

RG 15, vol. 1485, Aperture Card Book 68, reel C-11874

Halfbreeds who received scrip in 1899, Athabasca District, Treaty No. 8

An alphabetical list of applicants listed in the claims register for the Treaty 8 Commission (volume 1486). Each entry provides the name of the applicant, his/her date of birth, and the names of the applicant's parents, and the applicant's claim number.

RG 15, vol. 1529, Aperture Card Book 112, reel C-11881

Location Register of North-West Half-Breed Land Scrip...(Authority - Order in Council of 6th May, 1899, and subsequent Orders in Council)

These registers serve as an index to the lands which were patented to holders of Métis scrip awarded under P.C. 918, 6 May, 1899. The registers are organized according to the type of land scrip awarded (80 acres, 160 acres, or fractional acres) and then by scrip number. Each entry provides the date of the application, the name of the allottee (or claimant), the name of the patentee, the land description to which the scrip was applied, the date on which the Letters Patent was awarded, the liber and folio number of each land patent, the file number (if such was created by the department), and general remarks by departmental administrators. If the land was assigned to another individual, then the name of the assignee is indicated along with the assignment number. The land assignments are now held by Library and Archives Canada in RG 15, series D II 8l (vols. 1424 to 1474). The liber and folio numbers for the Letters Patent listed in these registers are now found in RG 15, series D III 10.

To use these registers when the scrip number is unknown, researchers should first obtain the scrip number from the delivery registers (i.e., RG 15, volume 1519 and 1520). As described elsewhere, the delivery registers are organized alphabetically and will provide, among other things, a summary statement on the nature and type of scrip awarded to a claimant and the scrip numbers.

For lands awarded to holders of 80 acre scrip notes, see:
Register 1; scrip nos. A1501 to A3000; RG 15, vol. 1540, Aperture Card Book 123, reel C-11882
Register 2; scrip nos. A5001 to A6000;RG 15, vol. 1544, Aperture Card Book 127, reel C-11883

For lands awarded to holders of 160 acre scrip notes, see:
Register 1; scrip nos. A0001 to A1500; RG 15, vol. 1539, Aperture Card Book 122, reel C-11882
Register 2; scrip nos. A4001 to A5000; RG 15, vol. 1543, Aperture Card Book 126, reel C-11883

For lands awarded to holders of fractional acre scrip, see:
Register 1; scrip nos. A3001 to A3306; RG 15, vol. 1541, Aperture Card Book 124, reel C-11882

Register of Delivery of Manitoba and North-West Territory Scrip, Orders in Council of 30th March and 20th April, 1885 [and All Subsequent Orders]

These registers document the delivery of scrip to claimants filing under the Manitoba Supplementary Commission, the North-West Half-Breed Commissions, the Alberta-Saskatchewan Commission, and the Treaty 8, 10, and 5 Commissions, including all their adhesions. The registers are organized alphabetically according to the last name of the claimant. Each entry records the scrip number; the name and address of the person or agent to whom the scrip was issued; the date of scrip delivery; a brief description as to the authority (i.e., the Commission) under which the scrip was awarded; the amount and type of scrip issued; the application number (if applicable); the number and date of the receipt; the case file reference number; the certificate number; and a column for general remarks by departmental administrators. The registers are excellent sources for researchers to find documentation on a claimant's complete scrip record. They provide an alphabetical index to many of the records in RG 15 which have been filed under a numerical system. For example, the scrip certificates, scrip notes and scrip receipts are filed in RG 15 by the document number. The finding aids for these records either do not exist or consist of file lists organized under the numerical system. It can be a very tedious task to find such documents when the number is unknown. The registers described here will provide researchers with these numbers when only the claimant's name is known.

For deliveries made by the Treaty 8 Commission prior to July 1899:
RG 15, vol. 1519, Aperture Card Book 102, reel C-11879-80

For deliveries made between August 1899 and December 1928:
RG 15, vol. 1520, Aperture Card Book 103, reel C-11880

Dept. of the Interior, RG 15, Series D II 8 g, General Administrative Records Relating to Métis Scrip, Compiled by N.O. Coté, 1897-1913, 0.3 m, vol. 3171

N.W.H.B. Scrip, A0001-A1500

An alphabetical listing of the scrip issued to Métis claimants under the Treaty 8 Commissioned authorized by Order-in-Council, P.C. 918, 6 May, 1899. The index includes the name of the claimant and the number of the 160 acre scrip note assigned to each applicant. Only scrip notes A0001 to A1500 are included. These notes were issued in the amount of 160 acres. The same commission also issued scrip notes A4001 to A5000 for 160 acres; and scrip notes A1501 to A3000 and A5001 to A6000 for 80 acres, and scrip notes A3001 to A3306 for fractional acres. Presumably other indexes would have covered these other issues as well, but these have not been found. In effect, the "N.W.H.B. Scrip, A0001-A1500" is an alphabetical index to the scrip list in the location register which is now retained as RG 15, vol. 1539 (described elsewhere).