File Hills Residential School
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[Exterior view of File Hills Residential School, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, 1937
[Cairn unveiled June 4th, 1939, File Hills Residential School]
Saskatchewan, 1939
[Two people with a horse team standing in front of the barn of Maple Grove Farm, in the File Hills Colony (Okanese 82), belonging to a graduate of an Industrial School]
Saskatchewan, ca. 1911
[A Home that belongs to an Indigenous person located in File Hills Colony (Okanese 82), Saskatchewan. ]
Saskatchewan, circa 1910s
[File Hills Colony Band : Image of a brass band in uniform.]
Saskatchewan, circa 1910s
[Mrs. G.H. Bennie, President of the Saskatchewan Conference Branch, Woman's Missionary Society, unveiling a cairn commemorating 50 years of missionary work at the File Hills Mission, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, June 14, 1939
[File Hills Residential School building, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, circa 1940s
[Canadian Girls in Training group, File Hills Residential School, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, circa 1948
[Two youths from the Canadian Girls in Training group, File Hills Residential School, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, 1948
[Mrs. Lachlan Mclean, the principal's wife, with some Canadian Girls in Training youth, File Hills Residential School, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, 1948
[Mr. Lachlan McLean, Mrs. C.M. Loveys, Mrs. McLean, and Miss Ila Brown with some Canadian Girls in Training youths, File Hills Residential School, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, 1948
[Canadian Girls in Training group, File Hills Residential School, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, June 1948
[Entrance to File Hills Residential School, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, circa 1940s
[Girls' playground at File Hills Residential School, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, circa 1940s
[View of File Hills Residential School from the girls' playground, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, circa 1940s
[Miss Staples and Miss Baird on the steps of File Hills Residential School, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, ca,1938
[File Hills Residential School building, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, circa 1900s
[Mrs. Lachlan McLean, the principal's wife, with Canadian Girls in Training group at File Hills Residential School, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, June 1948
