Collection search - Pambrun, Isidore; address: Battleford; born: 14 January, 1885 at Lac la Biche; father: Pierre Chrysoloque Pambrun (Métis); mother: Elizabeth or Bethsy Quintal (Métis); married: 1875 at Fort Pitt to Isabelle Dufresne; children living; Marguerite; Caroline; Maria and Isabelle; children deceased: Henriette and Edouard; scrip for $240.00; claim no. 866

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).