Norway House Residential School
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[Rev. John MacLean with Indigenous person at Norway House, 1925]
Norway House, Manitoba, 1925
[Norway House Residential School, 1954-67. This new building opened September 1954.]
Norway House, Manitoba, between 1954 and 1967
[New day school block with dog sled in foreground, Norway House Residential School. Principal's house is on far right.]
Norway House, Manitoba, after 1954
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[Flag pole base, Norway House Residential School. Day school block at left.]
Norway House, Manitoba, after 1954
[Canadian Girls in Training group, Norway House Residential School, Norway House, Manitoba]
Norway House, Manitoba, ca. 1900s
[Children from Norway House Residential School, posing in a pyramid, Norway House, Manitoba]
Norway House, Manitoba, circa 1900s
[[Nellie Long?] and Nellie Queskakapaw, Norway House, Manitoba]
Norway House, Manitoba, circa 1920s
[Some of the children who were under Nellie Long's charge : there are about 110 children living at the Norway House Residential School, Norway House, Manitoba]
Norway House, Manitoba, circa 1920s
[Staff of Norway House Residential School, Norway House, Manitoba]
Norway House, Manitoba, 1940
[Norway House Residential School, Norway House, Manitoba, where 100 children were taken]
Norway House, Manitoba, circa 1940s
[Children performing a song with actions, Norway House Residential School, Norway House, Manitoba]
Norway House, Manitoba, circa 1950s
[Children performing a song with actions, Norway House Residential School, Norway House, Manitoba]
Norway House, Manitoba, circa 1950s
[Explorers group holding service in an Indigenous person's home, Norway House, Manitoba]
Norway House, Manitoba, 1959
[Four youth who were teachers for the beginners at Norway House Residential School, Norway House, Manitoba]
Norway House, Manitoba,1959
[Four children in a classroom at the Norway House Residential School, Norway House, Manitoba]
Norway House, Manitoba, 1955
[Stephanie Tainoski helping two youth in her group to make felt handbags, Norway House Residential School, Norway House, Manitoba]
Norway House, Manitoba, 1955
[A staff person reading a story to children at Norway House Residential School, Norway House, Manitoba]
Norway House, Manitoba, circa 1950
[Graduating student, Ruth Fiddler of Island Lake [Island Lake First Nation] holding an award, Norway House Residential School, Norway House, Manitoba]
Norway House, Manitoba, 1960
