Land assignments [textual record]

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Land assignments [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Context of this record:

Department of the Interior fonds

Dominion Lands Branch

Land assignments

Sub-series includes:

13818 lower level description(s)
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Finding aid

Textual records (Electronic) Finding aid 15-28 is a verified file list indicating file title, ecopy number, outside dates and box numbers. 15-28 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/15-28_156369_vols1424-1474.pdf
Record information

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Land assignments [textual record]

Date:

1876-1930

Reference:

R190-54-4-E, RG15-D-II-8-l

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

156369

Date(s):

1876-1930

Bilingual equivalent:

See French record description

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

9.0 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

Sub-series consists of land assignment numbers 1708 to 20386. In law an assignment generally refers to the transfer of an interest in a lease, permit, license of occupation or other instrument, by writing. The assignee then stands in the place of the assignor. Under the Dominion Lands Act, assignments were a specialized document noting the transfer of property (by the assignor) to a second party (the assignee) prior to filing a homestead fiat. Title automatically went to the second party on completion of the conditions of improvement. Assignments were often used by parties interested in land speculation.

Additional information:

General note:

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-II-8-l

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Volume [RG15] 1424--1474

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