Collection search - Bahan, Donald Richard - Concerning his claim as a child - Address, Victoria P.O. [Post Office] - Born, Victoria, February 11, 1868 - Father, Peter Bahan, (Irish) - Mother, Margaret Norn, (Métis) - Scrip for 240 acres of land - Claim 1226 = Bahan, Donald Richard - concernant sa réclamation à titre d'enfant - résidence, Victoria - né, Victoria, le 11 février, 1863 - père, Peter Bahan, (Irlandais) - mère, Margaret Norn, (Métisse) - certificat de 240 acres de terre - no de réclamation 1226

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).