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Métis Scrip Records
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Alberta/Assiniboia and Saskatchewan/Manitoba Commissions
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Applications
Dept. of the Interior, RG 15, Series D II 8c, Applications, 1886-1906, 8.85 m, vols. 1333 to 1371; microfilm reels C-14943 to C-15010.
This series contains applications for scrip made from 1886 to 1906 by Métis applying to the North-West Commissions, the Alberta-Saskatchewan Commission, the Commissions for Treaties 8, 10, and 5, and all their adhesions. The applications give the name of the applicant, his/her place of residence, place and date of birth, name of parents and racial origins, marital status, dependents names, etc. Finding aid FA15-21, parts 1 to 15, is an alphabetical index to all the scrip applications in this series, including the Alberta-Saskatchewan applications. The finding aid is available on microfilm reel C-14943, and is also available in Archives Search.
To obtain a listing of all the applicants who appeared before the Saskatchewan/ Manitoba component of the claims Commission researchers should refer to the claims register (RG 15, volumes 1488 and 1489) or the claims register index (RG 15, volumes 1487 and 1494), both of which are described in greater detail elsewhere. Separate claims registers and indexes were used by the Alberta/Assiniboia component (RG 15, volumes 1490 to 1493, inclusive) and will provide researchers with a listing of all the applicants who appear before Commissioners McKenna and Walker.
If researchers can not find a particular application in this series, they should probably investigate the central registry series of the Dominion Lands Branch, RG 15, series D II 1 (described elsewhere). It is always possible that the application was withdrawn by departmental administrators and set up as a separate case file. This procedure appears to have been a common practice whenever an application required special consideration by the department. By creating a separate case file on a particular scrip application, the department could keep all its correspondence concerning the application together in a single location.
