Collection search - Lilliy, James William; heir to his deceased wife, Melanie Valle; claim no. 957; address: Rock Lake; born: 12 July, 1872 at Duck Lake; died: 7 November, 1890 at Rock Lake; father: Louis Vallee (Métis); mother: Julia Fosseneuve or Villeneuve (Métis); married: 25 August, 1884 at St. John, North Dakota to deponent; scrip cert.: form F, no. 1745

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).