Collection search - Scrip affidavit for Arcand, Joseph; deceased; J. Marie Ledoux, widow of Joseph; Arcand now wife of Pierre Ledoux; died: Summer of 1876; heirs: Marie Ledoux Guillaume Arcand (died when 16 years old) = Demande de certificat pour Arcand, Joseph; décédé(e); J. Marie Ledoux, veuve de Joseph Arcand remariée avec Pierre Ledoux; décédé(e): été de 1876; héritiers: Marie Ledoux Guillaume Arcand (décédé(e) à l'âge de 16 ans)

Scrip was a certificate issued by the Department of the Interior which indicated the right of the holder to receive payment later in the form of money or land. The federal government distributed scrip to the Métis in exchange for their land rights, as a method of extinguishing their Aboriginal title to the land. The federal government also used scrip to distribute land to white settlers, including Original White Settlers, soldiers, and police who fought in the North West Resistance of 1885 (or North West Rebellion of 1885).