Summary
Legislation was introduced in the House of Commons outlining that in order to extinguish the Metis title in Manitoba any head of family who was a resident of Manitoba on 15 July 1870 would be provided with 160 acres of land or scrip worth $160 as a payment for Dominion lands. Scrip was a certificate that could be redeemed for land or money by the applicant.
Implications
Claiming scrip proved challenging and difficult for various reasons including the necessity of attaining the Power of Attorney to attain one’s claim. In many cases, scrip was not honoured and Metis people and their families would not receive their claim. The refusal to honour scrip showed that the government was uninterested in upholding land negotiations, a pattern that was evident through their interactions with First Nations peoples and Treaty implementation.
Date
1874-00-00
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