Collection search - Mercredi, Joseph; address: Fort Chipewyan; born: 1860 at Portage la Loche; father: Abraham Mercredi (Métis); mother: Charlotte Peapicous (Cree Indian); married: 17 April, 1892 at Fort Chipewyan to Julienne Laviolette; children living: Charlotte, Marie Victoire and Marie Madelaine; children deceased: Marie Josephine; Joseph Mercredi, scrip cert. no. 1019A; Charlotte Mercredi, scrip cert. no. 1020A; Marie Madelaine Mercredi, scrip cert no. 1022A; claim no. 478

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).