Collection search - Langer, Jean Baptiste; heir to his deceased children; claim no. 494; Marie Justine, born: 4 Nov., 1876 at Wood Mountain; died: April, 1898; Ernestine, born: 30 July, 1883 at Regina; died: May, 1889; address: Belcourt, North Dakota father: Jean Baptiste Langer (Métis); deponent); mother: Justine Malaterre (Métis); scrip cert.: form D, no. 92, Marie Justine; scrip cert.: form D, no. 94, Ernestine

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).