Métis Scrip Records

Commissions

Treaty 10 Commission

Subject Files

Dept. of the Interior, RG 15, Series D II 1, Dominion Lands Branch, Correspondence, Headquarters, 1871-1946, 213.6 m, vols. 227 to 1176; Microfilm reels T-12176 to T-15542.

A numerically arranged series of subject files created by the Dominion Lands Branch. The series touches on all aspects of land management and natural resource administration by the Department of the Interior, including Métis land claims. The records included in this series contain general correspondence and departmental memoranda relating to rulings, policy, and procedures, which governed the operations of all the Métis Commissions. It also contains case files relating to the awards given to individual Métis families. The files in this series are numbered sequentially from 1 to 5,644,152 and are listed, in numerical order, in finding aid FA15-5. Under each file number, the finding aid gives the volume number, file title, date range, and subject headings. The majority of the Treaty 10 Commission case files, retained in this series are available in Archives Search under the name of the claimant. A copy of the finding aid is also available in in Archives Search.