Collection search - Bird, Joseph; claim withheld pending further inquiry as to applicant's father James Bird and his mother Mary Boucher already received scrip in Manitoba or the North West Territories; claim no. 555 = Bird, Joseph; réclamation en suspens, demande de renseignement au sujet de la réclamation du père (James Bird) et de la mère (Mary Boucher) du demandeur; ayant réclamer un certificat au Manitoba ou aux Territoires du Nord Ouest no de réclamation 555

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).