Collection search - Dufresne, Marie; for her daughter, Marie Dufresne; claim no. 2048; address: St. Paul des Métis; born: October, 1885 at Fort Pitt; father: Henry Dufresne (Métis); mother: Marie Cardinal (Métis and deponent); scrip cert.: form C, no. 1190 = Dufresne, Marie; au nom de sa fille, Marie Dufresne; no de réclamation 2048; résidence: Saint Paul des Métis; née: en octobre, 1885 à Fort Pitt; père: Henry Dufresne (Métis); mère: Marie Cardinal (Métisse et témoin déposant); certificat: formulaire C, no 1190

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).