The image is of Norman Tait and two of his sons on the left side of image and Joe David with his daughter tucked under his button blanket to the right side. The little girl clutching a small item is the only one facing the camera while the others are all looking away.
Joe David and his daughter are in front of the canoe log. The little girl appears tucked under her father's button blanket. Norman Tait stands at the left of image holding one of the canoe paddles.
At the center of image, Joe David's daughter can be seen tucked under her father's button blanket in such a way that her eyes are entirely covered by the cloak. Norman Tait stands on the left side of image.
Item is an image of a woman and two girls by a house. The woman and one of the girls are standing, the other girl is sitting. The porch and the girl standing seem to be the same from item a032700_1
Item is a glass lantern slide of a group of children in a classroom. Twenty nine children are visible, four of them standing, the rest sitting down. 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)
Item is a glass lantern slide of six teenage girls dressed up with uniforms in front of a tree. 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)
