File Hills Indian Residential School
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File Hills Residential School Sask [Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, 1937
Cairn unveiled June 4th, 1939
Saskatchewan, 1939
[Maple Grove Farm 1911 : a barn and horse team on the File Hills Colony belonging to a graduate of an Industrial School]
Saskatchewan, circa 1911
A barn and horse team on Maple Grove Farm, File Hills Colony, belonging to a graduate of an industrial school.
Indian home on the File Hills Colony
Saskatchewan, circa 1910
An Aboriginal home, File Hills Colony, Saskatchewan.
File Hills Indian Colony Band
Saskatchewan, circa 1910
Brass band, File Hills Colony, Saskatchewan.
Mrs. G.H. Bennie, President of Saskatchewan Conference Branch, W.M.S., unveiling the cairn to commemorate 50 years of Christian service among the Indians at File Hills
Saskatchewan, 1939
Mrs. G.W. Bennie, president of the Saskatchewan Conference Branch of the Women's Missionary Society, unveiling a cairn to commemorate 50 years of Christian service at File Hills Colony, Saskatchewan.
File Hills Residential School, Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan, circa 1940
File Hills Indian Residential School.
C.G.I.T. group, File Hills Residential School, Sask.
Saskatchewan, circa 1948
Canadian Girls in Training (CGIT) group, File Hills Indian Residential School.
[Two Indian girls from the C.G.I.T. group, File Hills Residential School, Sask.]
Saskatchewan, 1948
Two girls from Canadian Girls in Training (CGIT) group, File Hills Indian Residential School.
[Mrs. Lachlan Mclean with some C.G.I.T. girls, File Hills Residential School, Sask.]
Saskatchewan, 1948
The principal's wife with some Canadian Girls in Training (CGIT) girls, File Hills Indian Residential School
[Mr. Lachlan McLean, Mrs. C.M. Loveys, Mrs. McLean, and Miss Ila Brown with some C.G.I.T. girls, File Hills Residential School, Sask.]
Saskatchewan, 1948
Various staff with some Canadian Girls in Training (CGIT) girls, File Hills Indian Residential School.
[C.G.I.T. group, File Hills Residential School, Sask.]
Saskatchewan, 1948
Canadian Girls in Training (CGIT) group, File Hills Indian Residential School.
[Entrance to File Hills Residential School, Sask.]
Saskatchewan, circa 1940
Entrance to File Hills Indian Residential School.
Playground at File Hills Residential School
Saskatchewan, circa 1941
Playground at File Hills Indian Residential School.
Playground at File Hills Residential School
Saskatchewan, circa 1940
View of File Hills Indian Residential School from the girls' playground.
File Hills Residential School with Miss Staples and Miss Baird on the steps
Saskatchewan, circa 1938
Two staff on the steps of File Hills Indian Residential School
File Hills Indian Residential School, Balcarres, Sask.
Saskatchewan, circa 1900
[Mrs. Lachlan McLean with C.G.I.T. group at File Hills Residential School, Sask.]
Saskatchewan, 1948
The principal's wife with the Canadian Girls in Training (CGIT) group, File Hills Indian Residential School.
