Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School
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[Acting Secretary of General Council with the principal and his wife]
Manitoba, circa 1955
'The Acting Secretary of General Council with the principal of Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School and his wife.
Indian School, W.M.S. [Women's Missionary Society], United Church of Canada, Portage la Prairie, Man.
Manitoba, circa 1940
Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.
Principal's residence
Manitoba, circa 1950
Principal's residence, Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.
Portage la Prairie staff 1951
Manitoba, 1951
Staff of Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.
W.M.S. [Women's Missionary Society] Training School
Manitoba, 1946
Women's Missionary Society Training School, Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.
Part of the Senior Sewing Class, 1951-1952
Manitoba, 1952
Five girls from the 1951-1952 senior sewing class, Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.
The Glee Club, 1967. Ready for EXPO
Manitoba, 1967
The 1967 Glee Club, ready for Expo, Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.
Christmas 1963 Portage la Prairie
Manitoba, 1963
Christmas 1962, Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.
[Female students washing the dishes]
Manitoba, 1956
Students washing dishes in the kitchen, Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.
John Day, Virginia Williams, (Mr. H. Nield Supt.[Superintendent]), Nelson McKay, Tim Wasicuna, Skip. Inter residence Curling champions 1964, Portage Indian Residential School
Manitoba, 1964
1964 Interresidence Curling Champions, Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.
Portage la Prairie 1957, The "Cubs." The little boy's hockey team
Manitoba, 1957
The "Cubs": the little boys' hockey team, Portage la Prairie.
The staff, Indian Residential School, Portage la Prairie, September 1950
Manitoba, 1950
The staff of Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.
Indian Leadership School, Portage la Prairie, August 1946
Manitoba, 1964
Indian Leadership School, Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.
Main building, Indian Residential School, Portage la Prairie, Man.
Manitoba, 1947
Main building, Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.
Sandwich making, Portage Residential 1959
Manitoba, 1959
Student making sandwiches in the kitchen, Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.
Portage Residential 1959 [Male student carving turkey].
Manitoba, 1959
Male student carving turkey, Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.
Portage la Prairie May 24, 1951. All the girls, 62
Manitoba, 1951
All 62 girls, Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.
Joy Dent, Barbara Williamson. Bonnyville, May 1958.
Manitoba, 1958
A nurse and her assistant, a student of Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School, in Bonnyville, Alberta.