Collection search - Orders in Council Respecting the Issue of Scrip and Land Warrants by the Department of the Interior

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).

For orders-in-council on Metis scrip issued after this period, see RG15, vol. 227, "Reports on Grants to Half-Breeds in Extinguishment of the Indian Title, 1870-1925" (item ID number 1470240). A complete set of orders-in-council on all aspects of the Department of the Interior's mandate, including the issuing of scrip and land warrants, are retained by Library and Archives in RG15, series A 4c (volumes 83 to 125).