Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Duties at Morley Indian Residential School

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Item
[between 1931 and 1940] `

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

List of daily duties - possibly Telfer's - at Morley Residential School.

Excerpt from Redskin Interlude by Clare Sheridan

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Item
[between 1931 and 1940]

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Handwritten document with excerpt from the book Redskin Interlude by Clare Sheridan. The text is about Chief's dress, home designs, and the Sun Dance.

The Owl Dance, the Lodge, and the Torture

2-2-012
Item
[between 1931 and 1940]

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Document describing the Owl Dance, a lodge, and a method of torture. The specific culture/place related to these descriptions is not clear. "Catlin" is written at the bottom, either as the author of the document or the source of the information.

Cardston [Residential School visit]

2-2-013
Item
[between 1931 and 1940]

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Document contains an account of a visit to Cardston, Alberta, likely to St. Paul's St. Paul's Anglican Residential School on the Blood reserve. The author of the document is unknown.

These Fifteen Years 1925-1940, Home Missions through Sunshine and Shadow

2-2-014
Item
ca. 1940

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Booklet documenting the mission locations, missionaries and other workers of The United Church of Canada. Includes locations across Canada.

Tanned hide samples

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Item
[between 1931 and 1940]

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Three tanned hide samples: deer, elk, and moose.

Photographs

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File
[between 1931 and 1940]

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

William and John at Morley

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Item
1931-1934

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Image consists of twins William and John (86 years old) standing side by side by a wall at Morley.

Stoney Nakoda woman

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Item
1931-1934

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Image consists of a woman standing on a ground covered in long grass.

First Nations woman in Morley, Alberta

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Item
1931-1934

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Image consists of a woman standing on a wooden boardwalk. Behind her are people watching an event behind a wood fence.

Inside lodge at Sun Dance, Morley

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Item
1931-1934

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Image consists of open area with a pole and bones at its centre. Two men are sitting close to the pole, a group of women are sitting in the middle ground of the photograph and more people are sitting on the outside of a branch fence in the background.

Tipis up for Sun Dance

2-1-a034689
Item
1931-1934

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Image consists of 6 teepees erected.

Stampede, Morley, Alberta

2-1-a034690
Item
1931-1934

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Image consists of a man in action riding a bronco horse with men scrambling around the horse and others looking on. On the back of the item are the markings of a postcard. printed by the Calgary Photo Supply Co.

Sun Dance, Morley

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Item
1931-1934

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Image consists of a long view of numerous tents and teepees set up. A tall sparse tree is sillhouetted in the distance with ropes tied to it.

Stoney Nakoda Chiefs Jacob Chiniki & George McLean and interpreter at church

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Item
1931-1934

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Image consists of two men and a woman.

Chiefs Jacob Chiniki & Two Young Men with interpreter outside church

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Item
1931-1934

Part of Jean Telfer fonds

Image consists of Two Young Men looking towards the camera as he stands with Chief Jacob Chiniki. People and a distant building can be seen in the background.

Parents and children visiting after church, Morley