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Eight individuals, women and children, sit atop an open wagon. On the right a boy sits astride a horse. A two-storey frame structure can be seen in the background, with trees and mountains in the distance.

Several women and children, wearing native clothing, look toward the right side of this print. Other individuals are visible behind them.

Item is an image of a child standing the the remains of a fortification

Item is an image of a woman standing by a baby stroller wit a baby at the entrance of a house. According to annotations, photograph was taken at Norway House, Manitoba

A man and boy, both wearing hats, stand in front of a building with an open door.

A man stands with a woman and four children in front of trees and brush. All wear native clothing

Image is a head and shoulders portrait of a girl. Printed on verso is photographer information which reads "S. A. Spencer, Photographer, FORT STREET, Victoria, B. C." An additional inscription in pencil reads "Martha".

Image is a posed portrait of a seated older girl and younger boy standing on a footstool holding hands. The girl and boy are dressed formally. It appears to be an albumen print on a carte de visite. Photographer information printed on verso with the inscription "S. A. Spencer, FORT STREET, Victoria, B. C." A handwritten inscription reads "[illegible] Reid + boy"

An infant rides in a decorated cradleboard held by a female. A young boy and male look on from the right.

Man in front of frame structure is kneeling on the ground and an infant is sitting on the ground in front of him. Three structures are in the background and snow and tree covered hill/mountain in distance.

Man in front left of frame structure is kneeling on the ground holding an infant. Several other buildings in the background. Hills in distance.

Image shows a man, two women, and two children. One child is in a cradle board, the other is being held. Buildings are visible in the background.

A man, woman, and four children (one in a cradleboard) sit and stand in front of a tipi. The standing child holds a cat. Buckets visible in the foreground; trees can be seen in the distance.

Item is a hand-tinted glass lantern slide of twenty children and one adult holding house pennants with the names "Robins" and "Ravens" and shields in front of a building. Item is a duplicated of item no. S7-60, fonds 008 Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada (MSCC) fonds, from the Anglican Church of Canada General Synod Archives. According to description from the Anglican Church of Canada General Synod Archives, Ravens (senior girls) and Robins (junior girls) pose with the shields won in intramural competition. 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 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)