Collection search - Maskegosis, Louis; address: Lesser Slave Lake; born: September 1860 at Lesser Slave Lake; father: James Maskegosis (Métis); mother: Louise Cartier (Métis); married: 1879 at Lesser Slave Lake to Julie Ferguson; children living: Dolphis, Henriette, Mary and Alexander; children deceased: Albert, Daniel, Marie Louise and Caroline; Louis Maskegosis, scrip cert. no. 86A; Dolphis Maskegosis, scrip no 87A; Mary Maskegosis, scrip cert. no. 88A; Alexander Maskegosis, scrip cert. no. 89A; claim no. 41

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).