Collection search - Pelletier, Edouard; address: Fort Qu'Appelle; born: 1834; married: in 1856 at St. Francois Xavier to Catherine Rocheblanc & in 1863 at St. Francois Xavier to Madeleine Morin; children living: Francois, Marie Rose, Edouard, William, Samuel and Joseph Remi (by second wife); children deceased: Lizette, Napoleon, Alexandre, Jean Marie, Thérése and Joseph; scrip for $160.00; claim no. 1204; father: Charles Pelletier (deceased Métis); mother: Susanne Bercier (Métis)

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).