Portage la Prairie Residential School
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[Assistant cook, who is indigenous, Portage la Prairie Residential School, 1959]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1959
[Three indigenous women at the Homemakers Conference, Portage la Prairie Residential School, August 1952]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1952
[Children "ready for church", Portage la Prairie Residential School]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1951
[Exterior of buildings at Portage la Prairie Residential School]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1950
[Youth in the sewing room, Portage la Prairie Residential School]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1952
[Children from Portage la Prairie Residential School with their Angus calves at the Portage fair.]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, circa 1930s
["The new car" at Portage la Prairie Residential School]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1951
["My trip to Berens River", staff[?] of Portage la Prairie Residential School]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1958
[Youth at sewing class, Portage la Prairie Residential School]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, circa 1950s
[Children with back towards the camera watching TV, Portage la Prairie Residential School]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, circa 1960s
[Youth cleaning up in the kitchen, Portage la Prairie Residential School]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1959
[Unidentified youth holding trophy, Portage la Prairie Residential School.]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, circa 1950s
[A group of youth with government and school officials, Portage la Prairie Residential School]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, circa 1950s
[A visit to Portage la Prairie Residential School from African missionary, Dr. [William Sidney] Gilchrist. He showed the assembled school slides of Africa]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1956
[Children "ready for church" in school uniform in front of Prairie la Portage Residential School]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1951
[Christmas presentation, Portage la Prairie Residential School]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, circa 1950s
[Portage Residential School Mixed Choir 1964 with Mrs. I. Quigley, Director, and J.O. Harris, Principal]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1964
[Youth baking bread, Portage la Prairie Residential School]
Manitoba, circa 1950
