Collection search - Loyer, Sophie; widow of Joseph Collins, now wife of Mois Richards; claim no. 63; address: Calgary P.O.; born: 1840 at Lesser Slave Lake; father: Louis Loyer (Métis); mother: Isabelle Gray (Métis); married: 1856 at Lac St. Anne to Joseph Collins, now deceased; children living: Catherine, Albert, Isabelle, Baptiste and Elzear; children deceased: Joseph, Marguerite, William and Benjamen; scrip for $160.00

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).