Collection search - Trottier, Antoine; heir to his deceased children: Isabelle, born: 1871 or 1872 at Saskatoon; died: 1886 or 1887 at Batoche; Philoméne, born: 1872 or 1873 at Saskatoon; died: 1893 or 1894 at Havre; address: White Mud River; father: Antoine Trottier (Métis and deponent); mother: Angélique Laframboise (Métis); scrip ecrt.: form D, nos. 1006 and 1008; claim no. 1011

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).