Half Breed Scrip

Land scrip refers to a certificate entitling the holder to obtain a certain portion of the public land either by entry or the payment of a portion of the price. This book covers awards made in the future provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and a portion of Manitoba to heads of household and minors who were born there before 1886. Scrip certificates of 160 acres or $160 were awarded to qualifying heads of household, and 240 acres or $240 to eligible children. In all, nearly $280,000 in money scrip was awarded to qualifying M�tis. The purpose of the Scrip policy, which extended over several decades, was to eliminate whatever remaining claims Canadian Native Americans might make on the land.Because of the detailed application process required for the award of scrip, the extracts have preserved an enormous amount of genealogical information pertaining to the thousands of qualified applications. For example, in the case of the Northwest M�tis, we learn each individual's place and date of birth, names of parents, source of half-breed descent, occupation, spouse's name, place and date of marriage, ages of children, and quite a bit about the nature of the individual's claim. The book is arranged alphabetically by the surname of the applicant.

Including the report of the commission appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, April 21, 1871, composed of Henry S. Neal, Selden N. Clark, Edward P. Smith, and R.F. Crowell and the report of the commission appointed July 15, 1872, composed of Thomas C. Jones, Edward P. Smith, and Dana E. King

This volume contains the alphabetized extractions concerning the applicants for the Half-Breed Scrip issued to the Chippewas of Lake Superior. Each head of a family or single person over twenty-one years of age at the present time, September 30, 1854, of the mixed-bloods, belonging to the Chippewas of Lake Superior. The eighty acres of land, to be selected by them under the direction of the President, and which shall be secured to them by patent in the usual form. The scrip process was troubled by duplicate applications and unreliable witnesses. Many of the applicants have descendants in the Turtle Mountain Chippewa, Little Shell Chippewa, and Pembina Band of Chippewa.

In conventional histories of the Canadian prairies, Native people disappear from view after the Riel Rebellions. In this groundbreaking study, Frank Tough examines the role of Native peoples, both Indian and Metis, in the economy of northern Manitoba from Treaty 1 to the Depression. He argues that they did not become economically obsolete but rather played an important role in the transitional era between the mercantile fur trade and the emerging industrial economy of the mid-twentieth century.

Including the report of the commission appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, April 21, 1871, composed of Henry S. Neal, Selden N. Clark, Edward P. Smith, and R.F. Crowell and the report of the commission appointed July 15, 1872, composed of Thomas C. Jones, Edward P. Smith, and Dana E. King