Collection search - Falcon, Athanase; for his son, Augustin Falcon; claim no. 1320; address: Duck Lake; born: Fall, 1871 at Duck Lake; father: Athanase Falcon (Métis and deponent); mother: Nancy Parisien (Métis); file ref. 770795 = Falcon, Athanase; au nom de son fils, Augustin Falcon; no de réclamation 1320; résidence: lac aux Canards; né: à l'automne, 1871 au lac aux Canards; père: Athanase Falcon (Métis et témoin déposant); mère: Nancy Parisien (Métisse); dossier 770795

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).