Collection search - Pipitagus, Angele; address: Lesser Slave Lake; born: April, 1861 at Peace River Landing; father: Samuel Ya-ti-y-a (Métis); mother: Madelaine Tranquille (Métis); married: November, 1895 at Lesser Slave Lake to Jean Baptiste Pipitagus; children living: Nancy, John and Edouard; children deceased: Lucie, Angélique and Rosalie; Angéle Pipitagus, scrip cert. no. 472A; John Y-ki-y-o or Pipitagus (illegitimate); scrip cert. no. 473A; claim no. 221

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).