Portage la Prairie Residential School
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[Dr. George Dorey, Acting Secretary of General Council, with Mr. Lachlan McLean, Principal of Portage la Prairie Residential School, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba and Mrs. McLean.]
1955
[Exterior of Portage la Prairie Residential School.]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, circa 1930s
[Principal's residence, Portage la Prairie Residential School]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, circa 1950s
[Staff of Portage la Prairie Residential School, 1951]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1951
[Woman's Missionary Society Training School, Portage la Prairie Residential School]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1946
[Five youth from the 1951-1952 senior sewing class, Portage la Prairie Residential School.]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1951 or 1952
[The Portage la Prairie Residential School Glee Club, 1967: ready for EXPO]
Manitoba, 1967
[Christmas play and choir, 1963, Portage la Prairie Residential School]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1963
[Youth washing the dishes in the kitchen, Portage la Prairie Residential School]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1956
[Inter-residence Curling Champions 1964, Portage la Prairie Residential School - John Day, Virginia Williams, (Mr. H. Nield Supt.[Superintendent]), Nelson McKay, Tim Wasicuna, Skip. ]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1964
[The 'cubs": the little boys' hockey team, Portage la Prairie Residential School, 1957.]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1957
[The staff of Portage la Prairie Residential School, September 1950]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1950
[W.M.S. Indian Leadership School, Portage la Prairie Residential School, August 1946]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1946
[Main building, Portage la Prairie Residential School]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1947
[Youth making sandwiches in the kitchen, Portage la Prairie Residential School, 1959]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1959
[Youth carving turkey, Portage la Prairie Residential School]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1959
[All 62 girls, Portage la Prairie Residential School]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1951
Joy Dent, Barbara Williamson. Bonnyville, May 1958: a nurse and her assistant, who is from Portage la Prairie Residential School
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1958
