Collection search - Bird, Isabelle; address: Calgary; claim no. 79; born: 1862 at Lake Manitoba; father: Baptiste Metaska-nik (Indian); mother: Isabelle Flamand (Métis); married: 1876 at Touchwood Hills to Thomas Bird; scrip for $240.00 = Bird, Isabelle; résidence: Calgary; no de réclamation 79; née: en 1862 à Lake Manitoba; père: Baptiste Metaska-nik (Indien); mère: Isabelle Flamand (Métisse); mariée: en 1876 à Touchwood Hills à Thomas Bird; certificat au montant de 240$

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).