Collection search - [Métis Files]. Original title: Half-Breed Files [textual record]

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[Métis Files]. Original title: Half-Breed Files [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1885-1887

Reference:

R190-38-6-E, RG15-D-II-3

Type of material:

Textual material, Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

134033

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Department of the Interior fonds

Dominion Lands Branch

[Métis Files]. Original title: Half-Breed Files
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Sub-series includes:

3610 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1885-1887

Bilingual equivalent:

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Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

12.75 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Sub-series consists of a numerically arranged series of subject files created by the Dominion Lands Branch and dealing with Métis land claims. They contain correspondence, applications for scrip, powers of attorney and certificates for scrip. The files are arranged numerically from H.B.7 to H.B.9579.

Note: the original oversized items in the following volumes or files have been moved to horizontal drawers: Vol. 203, File 305076 (Holograph Poster - Allan Royal Mail Line - "Free Grants of Land in Manitoba" - [Half completed]) is now located in Vol. 3175.

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(Paper) Finding aid 15-17, parts 1 and 2 is a computer-generated file list. It gives the volume number, file number, subject, interested parties, dates, and scrip number. 15-17

(Electronic) Finding aid 15-17 is a verified file list indicating volume, file number, file part, title, microfilm number, ecopy number and outside dates. The titles describe the subject, interested parties, and scrip number. 15-17 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/15-17_134033_vols170-226_open.pdf

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General note:

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This series contains scrip documents, which are foundational documents of the Métis Nation. In the late 18th century in the northwest, the Métis people coalesced into a distinct nation with their own culture, traditions, and language (Michif). Their homeland extends across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, as well as parts of Ontario, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and the Northern United States. Scrip certificates indicated the right of the holder to receive payment later in the form of money or land. Scrip was distributed to the Métis by the federal government of Canada in exchange for their land rights as a method of extinguishing their Aboriginal title to the land.
Throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the federal government of Canada used the term "Half-breed" to refer to people of mixed First Nations and European ancestries. This included the Métis Nation, a people who coalesced into a distinct nation in the northwest in the late 18th century.
In 1885, the Dominion of Canada established the first Half-Breed Commission, tasked with continuing the distribution of scrip to Métis people in Western Canada, which began with the Manitoba Commission established in 1875.

Source of title:

Title is based on the contents of the sub-series.

Availability of other formats note:

See reels T-11354 to T-11358, T-12021 to T-12046, T-12153 to T-12154 for microfilmed copies of these records.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

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T-11354 : microfilm copies Copy No. 1
T-12021 : microfilm copies Copy No. 1
T-12153 : microfilm copies Copy No. 1
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Source:

Government

Related control no.:

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120-000154-0
1992-93/154 GAD
RG15-D-II-1
RG15-D-II-3

Former archival reference no.:

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RG15-D-II-3
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [RG15] 170--226

[Consultation 90 Open]

Microfilm reel [RG15]

[Consultation 90 Open]

T-11354--T-11358;

[Consultation 90 Open]

T-12021--T-12046;

[Consultation 90 Open]

T-12153--T-12154;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation32 Restricted by law]

Volume [RG15] 3175

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

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