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Narcisse-Omer Côté
and Roger Goulet, Commissioners, Northwest Métis
Scrip Commission
1885
This parchment document was issued under the Great
Seal of Canada. It appointed Narcisse-Omer Côté
and Roger Goulet as Royal Commissioners with authority
to issue land and money scrip to Métis residents
of the North-West Territories. The scrip was meant "...to
satisfy any claims existing in connection with the extinguishment
of the Indian title preferred by half-breed residents...".
Although the federal government had the authority to
deal with Métis claims, it put together a scrip
commission for the North-West Territories only when
news of the Métis rebellion at Batoche reached
eastern Canada.
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