Collection search - Garson, Maggie; address: Domremy, Saskatchewan; claim no. 40; born: 4 April, 1880 at Selkirk, Manitoba; father: Peter Flett Garson (Métis); mother: Jane Flett (Métis); scrip cert.: form E, no. 699 for 240 acres of land = Garson, Peter Flett; résidence: Domremy, Saskatchewan; no de réclamation 33; né: en 1844 à Orkney, cosse; père: Magnus Garson (Ecossais); mère: Catherine Kirkness (Métisse); certificat: formulaire E, no 3232 de 160 acres de terre; dossier 659868

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).