Collection search - Morin, Maria Lapataque; for her deceased son, Joseph Lapataque Mori; born: 1846 at Beavers Mountain; died: October, 1870 at Victoria; address: Edmonton; father: Joseph Lapataque Morin (Métis); mother: Maria Kiteimah ke-na-koos, Moses (Métis); heirs: Job Lapataque Morin, $40.00; Jane Lapataque Morin, $40.00; Simon Lapataque Morin, $13.33; Flora Lapataque Morin, $13.33; Daniel Lapataque Morin, $13.33; Marie Lapataque Morin, $40.00' Enoch Morin, $40.00; Lazarus Morin, $40.00; claim no. 264

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).