Collection search - Ledoux, Marguerite; for her deceased children; claim no. 1165; Vitaline, born: 1875 at Moose Jaw; died: 1 month old at Moose Jaw; Marie, born: 1872 at Saskatchewan River; died: 4 Months old at Eagle Hills; Alexander, born: 1870 at Qu'Appelle; died : 5 months old at Swift Current; address: Swift Current; father: Alexander Ledoux (Métis); mother: Marguerite Thomas (Métis and deponent); heir: their father, Alexandre Ledoux; 240 acres each for Alexander and Marie; file ref. 337387

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).