File Hills Residential School
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[24 boy scouts and their supervisor, File Hills Residential School, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, June 1948
[Boy Scouts, File Hills Residential School, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, circa 1900s
[Members of the Cubs, File Hills Residential School, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, 1948
[Children and youth with Mrs. Loveys and the institution's new tractor, File Hills Residential School, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, June 1948
[Mrs. Loveys and some of the children with the new tractor, File Hills Residential School, Sask.]
Saskatchewan, circa 1910s
[1948 Graduating class of File Hills Residential School, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, 1948
[Cairn at File Hills Residential School erected in June 1939 by the Woman's Missionary Society to commemorate 50 years of missionary work among the Indigenous peoples at File Hills]
Saskatchewan, October 1948
[Cairn at File Hills Residential School erected in June 1939 by the Woman's Missionary Society to commemorate 50 years of missionary work among the Indigenous peoples at File Hills]
Saskatchewan, October 1948
[Faculty of File Hills Residential School, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, September 1948
[Two children who have finished white washing a fence, File Hills Residential School, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, May 1948
[Children and youth going home to Fort Qu'Appelle from File Hills Residential School, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, June 1947
[Youth and children on a box sleigh, File Hills Residential School, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, February 1948
[Two staff members going into Balcarres by sleigh driven by youth, File Hills Residential School, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Saskatchewan, February 1948
[Youth who were taken to Brandon Industrial School for year 9 and grade 10, File Hills Residential School, Balcarres, Saskatchewan]
Brandon, Manitoba, September 1948
