Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School
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Cleaning up. Portage Residential
Manitoba, 1959
Students cleaning up in the kitchen, Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.

[Male student holding trophy]
Manitoba, circa 1960
Unidentified student holding trophy, Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.

[A group of students with government and school officials]
Manitoba
A group of students with government and school officials, Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School. Co. Jones, director of Indian Affairs, stands in the back row.

A visit from African missionary, Dr. [William Sidney] Gilchrist. He showed the assembled school slides of Africa
Manitoba, 1956
A visit to Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School from a missionary to Africa: "He showed the assembled school slide of Africa."

Ready for church in P. la P. [Portage la Prairie]. [Female students in school uniform standing in front of the school facade].
Manitoba, 1951
Girls "ready for church," Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.

[Students' Christmas presentation]
Manitoba, circa 1950
Student Christmas presentation, Portage la Prairie v.

Portage Indian Residential School Mixed Choir 1964. [...] Director, [and], Principal
Manitoba, 1964
School choir, Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.

Portage Indian Residential School Mercantile Hockey Champs 1964
Manitoba, 1964
1964 Mercantile Hockey Camps, Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.

Indian children from Fisher River, Portage la Prairie Indian Boarding School
Manitoba, circa 1900
Children from Fisher River, Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.

[Boys in the planting fields at Portage la Prairie Indian Boarding School]
Manitoba, circa 1930
Boys in the fields planting, Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.

[Teacher] and sewing pupil, Portage
Manitoba, circa 1940
A teacher and a sewing student, Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.

Shoemaking, Portage
Manitoba, circa 1940
Student in shoemaking class, Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School.

Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School Choir attend Centennial events : also go to Japan
Manitoba, 1967
Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School choir attends Centennial events and travels to Japan.

Portage la Prairie Choir : [Director] in charge
Manitoba, circa 1967
Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School choir.

Portage Indian Residential School : owned by the Department of Citizenship and Immigration (Indian Affairs Branch) under the auspices of the United Church of Canada : [...], Administrative Principal
Manitoba, circa 1964
Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School choir.

Home of Canadian settler at Portage la Prairie (60 miles west of Fort Garry) in true Red River style
Manitoba, circa 1890
Canadian settler's house, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.

Saulteax Indian (Bungay)
Manitoba, 1896
Portrait of Salteaux man: "This Indian lives on the Saulteaux Indian Reserve (Bungay) about 12 miles from Portage la Prairie, Man."