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Children in visible storage at the Museum of Anthropology.

Children viewing belongings in a display drawer in visible storage.

Item is a glass lantern slide of twenty one children in Winter clothes by a building. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken at Elkhorn (Washakada) Residential School. The Elkhorn Residential School started as the Washakada Home for Girls and the Kasota Home for Boys were established in the village of Elkhorn, MB in 1888. Following a fire, the school was rebuilt outside the town in 1895. Ongoing financial problems led to a government takeover of the school. It was closed in 1918 but reopened in 1923, under the administration of the Anglican Church’s Missionary Society. Many students came from northern Manitoba. The leaders of The Pas Indian Band made a number of complaints about the conditions at the school, which was eventually closed in 1949. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Children learning to carve at a workshop at the Museum of Anthropology.

Children learning to carve at a workshop at the Museum of Anthropology.

Item is a photograph of three children wearing traditional clothing on a porch

Photograph of a group of children in ceremonial dress and a brass band at an outdoor event, possibly a potlatch. An unidentified man is standing prominently in the foreground of the image. A stamp on the verso of the print indicates that it was printed in 1958.

Children play in the Great Hall of the museum

A close-up image of three children smiling and looking at the camera. According to the documentation included with the filmstrip, the description of the image states "Rose Harry, Pauline Vincent and Lenora Short play out at recess."

Item is a hand-tinted glass lantern slide of five children in playing attitude with the sea in the background. Based on the original order of the collection, photograph might have been taken in Alert Bay and the children might have been students at St. Michael's Residential School. The Anglican Church established a day school at its mission in Alert Bay, British Columbia in 1878. It opened a small boarding school there in 1882 and an industrial school in 1894. In 1929, a new building was constructed. The school was known for the arts and crafts produced by the students and the two large totem poles in front of the school building. In 1947, two-dozen children ran away from the school. The subsequent investigation into conditions at the school led to the resignation of both the principal and the vice-principal. By 1969, when the federal government assumed administration of the school, all residents were attending local schools. The residence closed in 1974. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Item is a b&w negative of a photograph of children playing at the Turnbull & Gail construction yard in Richmond (contractors for the Native Ed. Centre). Info in text from WHERE THE PEOPLE GATHER or paperback TOTEM POLE CARVING pp. 34-37.)

Children playing on the Wasgo sculpture by Bill Reid in the Great Hall of the Museum of Anthropology.

Children outside the Museum of Anthroplogy playing with toothpicks. This activity would have been part of a program at the Museum of Anthropology.

Children outside the Museum of Anthroplogy playing with toothpicks. This activity would have been part of a program at the Museum of Anthropology.

Children viewing a display drawer in the Museum of Anthropology.

Children viewing items in visible storage at the Museum of Anthropology. These children may have been associated with a program done in partnership with the British Columbia Provincial Museum.

Children viewing totem poles in the Museum of Anthropology's Great Hall. These items were transferred to the University of British Columbia from Skedans in 1954.

Children watch a performer dressed as a bird stand over a shell during a performance by Garbanzo

Children watch as a performer in a bird costume performs in the Great Hall

Image is of unidentified person using adze to make cut. Unidentified children and persons stand behind, watching the process.