Collection search - Sinclair, John Edward; for Jemima Augusta McKenzie, deceased; address: Prince Albert, Sakatchewan; born: 1874 at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan; died: 1879 at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan; mother: Ann Spencer (Métis); father: Samuel McKenzie (deceased Métis); heirs: John Edward Sinclair, scrip cert.: form D, no. 1177; for $40.00; Andrew McKenzie, scrip cert.: form D, no.1179 for $40.00; Annie Farwell, $80.00; Roderick McKenzie, $40.00; Lydia Sinclair, $40.00; William McKenzie, $40.00; claim no. 448

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).