Collection search - Cardinal, Marie Vitaline; address: Baptiste Lake; claim no. 2433; born: 1885 at Calling Lake; father: unknown; mother: Scholastique Cardinal (Métis); scrip cert.: form C, no. 1404 = Cardinal, Marie Vitaline; résidence: Baptiste Lake; no de réclamation 2433; né(e): en 1885 à Calling Lake; père: ?; mère: Scholastique Cardinal (Métis(se)); certificat: formulaire C, no. 1404

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).