Portage la Prairie Residential School
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Portage Residential School Mercantile Hockey Champs 1964
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, 1964
[Children from Fisher River at Portage la Prairie Residential School]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, [190-]
[Children in the harvest fields of Portage la Prairie Residential School]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, circa 1900s
[Children in the planting fields at Portage la Prairie Residential School]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, circa 1930s
[Mrs. Gall and youth in sewing class, Portage la Prairie Residential School, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, circa 1940s
[Child using shoemaking machinery in shoemaking class, Portage la Prairie Residential School, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, circa 1940s
[Portage la Prairie Residential School Choir attend Centennial events, and also get to travel to Japan]
Manitoba, 1967
Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School choir attends Centennial events and travels to Japan.
[Portage la Prairie Residential School Choir dressed in what staff described as theatrical costumes for a performance, Mr. Jack Harris lead the choir]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, circa 1960s
[Portage la Prairie Residential School building: owned by the Department of Citizenship and Immigration (Indian Affairs Branch) under the auspices of the United Church of Canada: J.O. Harris, Administrative Principal]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, circa 1964
[Home of settlers at Portage la Prairie (60 miles west of Fort Garry) in true Red River style]
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, circa 1890
Saulteaux (Bungi)
Manitoba, 1896
Saulteaux (Bungi)
Manitoba, 1896
Saulteaux (Bungay)
Manitoba, 1896
