Collection search - McAuley, Mary Jane; address: Prince Albert; born: 1845 at Fort Pitt; father: Joseph Edward Brazeau (American); mother: Marguerite Salois (Métis); married: 1866 at Edmonton to John McAuley; children living: John Roderick, Joseph Edward, Norman, William Charles, Daniel Louis, Catherine, Mary Marguerite, Scott, Christina and Stanley; scrip for $160.00; claim no. 1777

This scrip application is missing.
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).