Collection search - Sanderson, Caroline; address: Qu'Appelle P.O. [Post Office]; born: 1841 at St. Andrew; father: George Sanderson (Métis); mother: Mary Whitford (Métis); married: 1862 at Qu'Appelle to Charles Bird and in 1873 at Qu'Appelle to Baptiste Pelletier; children living: George, Mary Ann, Caroline, Virginie, Joseph, Eliza, Amelia, William Bird and Alexander Pelletier; scrip for $160.00; claim no. 1346

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).