Collection search - Dumont, Marie Delphine; wife of Napoléon Dumont; claim no. 508; address: Duck Lake, Saskatchewan; born: 12 March, 1880 at Duck Lake; father: Jérôme Ledoux (Métis); mother: Angélique Morand (Métis); scrip cert.: form C, no. 725 for $240.00 = Dumont, Marie Delphine; épouse de Napoléon Dumont; no de réclamation 508; résidence: lac aux Canards, Saskatchewan; née: le 12 mars, 1880 au lac aux Canards; père: Jérome Ledoux (Métis); mère: Angélique Morand (Métisse); certificat: formulaire C, no 725 au montant de 240$

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).