Myers Half-Breed Scrip Commission [textual record] Archives / Collections and Fonds

Hierarchy
1
Myers Half-Breed Scrip Commission [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Context of this record:

Department of the Interior fonds

Lands Patent Branch

Myers Half-Breed Scrip Commission

Sub-series includes:

2 lower level description(s)
View lower level description(s)
Finding aid

(No finding aid)
Record information

1

Myers Half-Breed Scrip Commission [textual record]

Date:

1905

Reference:

R190-88-X-E, RG15-D-III-14

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

156862

Date(s):

1905

Bilingual equivalent:

See French record description

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

0.10 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

Sub-series consists of records created and maintained by the Myers Half-Breed Scrip Commission. The records include an interim report from August 1905; the final report which was presented in October 1905; and two copies of the report of the evidence given before His Honour Judge Myers, 1905.

Additional name(s):

Myers Half-Breed Scrip Commission (Canada)

Biography/Administrative history:

Myers Half-Breed Scrip Commission (Canada) : Commissioner Judge Myers was appointed to investigate certain charges made by the Métis residents of the United States against R.G. Macdonald. RG15 General Inventory

Additional information:

General note:

Throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the federal government of Canada used the term "Half-breed" to refer to people of mixed First Nations and European ancestries. This included the Métis Nation, a people who coalesced into a distinct nation in the northwest in the late 18th century.
This sub-series contains scrip documents, which are foundational documents of the Métis Nation. In the late 18th century in the northwest, the Métis people coalesced into a distinct nation with their own culture, traditions, and language (Michif). Their homeland extends across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, as well as parts of Ontario, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and the Northern United States. Scrip certificates indicated the right of the holder to receive payment later in the form of money or land. Scrip was distributed to the Métis by the federal government of Canada in exchange for their land rights as a method of extinguishing their Aboriginal title to the land.

Source of title:

Title is based on the contents of the sub-series.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Source:

Government

Former archival reference no.:

RG15-D-III-14

Link to this record

Add to My Research

Link to this record

This link identifies the web page describing this particular record. Unlike the temporary link in your browser, this link will allow you to access, and reference, this page in the future. To link to this descriptive record, copy and paste the URL where ever needed (wiki, blog, document).

Sign in

Sign in to start saving records using My Research

Sign in
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Textual records

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [RG15] 1932

[Consultation 90 Open]

Terms of use:

Copyright belongs to the Crown.

You can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.

Cannot visit us on site? You can purchase a copy to be sent to you. Some restrictions may apply.