Collection search - Gladu, Veronique; heir to her deceased mother, Marie Labonne; address: Lac Ste. Anne; born: 1842 at Lac Ste. Anne; died: 28 December, 1870 at Lac Ste. Anne; father: Basile Labonne (Métis); mother: Nanette Cardinal (Métis); married: 1857 to Paulette Gladu; children living: Véronique Gladu (deponent); children deceased: Emilie, Mélanie and Samuel; scrip for $160.00; cliam no. 299

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).