Collection search - Dorion, Jean Baptiste; address: Grand Rapids; claim no. 1240; born: 5 July, 1885 at Grand Rapids; father: Jean Baptiste Dorion (Métis and deponent); mother: Jeanne Arkison (Métis); scrip cert.: form C, no. 2001 for $240.00 = Dorion, Jean Baptiste; résidence: Grand Rapids; no de réclamation 1240; né: le 5 juillet 1885 à Grand Rapids; père: Jean Baptiste Dorion (Métis et témoin déposant); mère: Jeanne Arkison (Métisse); certificat: formulaire C, no 2001 au montant de 240$

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).