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Image is a head and shoulders portrait of a boy. Photographer information printed on verso with the inscription "Geo. Kirton, Photographer, Woodstock, ONT. Rooms on Ground Floor, opp. the Market".

Image depicts a girl, likely a member of the Gitxsan nation. Large trees are visible in the background.

A man stands with a woman and four children in front of trees and brush. All wear native clothing

A man and boy, both wearing hats, stand in front of a building with an open door.

Item is an image of a woman standing by a baby stroller wit a baby at the entrance of a house. According to annotations, photograph was taken at Norway House, Manitoba

Item is a negative showing four men seated outdoors; two other men and two children are standing behind them

Item is an image of a child standing the the remains of a fortification

Item is an image of a man a a girl by a building porch. The porch and the girl seem to be the same from item a032695_2

Image is of Joe David wearing a button blanket with his daughter.

Joe David and his daughter are in front of the canoe log. The little girl appears tucked under her father's button blanket.
Norman Tait stands at the left of image holding one of the canoe paddles.

At the center of image, Joe David's daughter can be seen tucked under her father's button blanket in such a way that her eyes are entirely covered by the cloak. Norman Tait stands on the left side of image.

Several women and children, wearing native clothing, look toward the right side of this print. Other individuals are visible behind them.

Eight individuals, women and children, sit atop an open wagon. On the right a boy sits astride a horse. A two-storey frame structure can be seen in the background, with trees and mountains in the distance.

Eight individuals, women and children, sit atop an open wagon. Frame structures can be seen in the background, with trees and mountains in the distance.

Many women and children wearing native clothing stand outside. Men in native clothing sit on horseback, scattered among them. A man in western clothing stands in front of the crowd.

Image shows men, women, and children posed outside. A seated man wears a headdress. Trees and structures are visible in the background. It appears they are posed in front of a car or wagon.

Item is an image of a group of fifteen people seating on a beach.

Item is an image of a group of five people in the water with a boat in the background. Photograph was shaped like a leaf.

Item is a hand-tinted glass lantern slide of ten girls dressed up with the Girl Guides' uniform. According to annotation on the slide, photograph was taken at Elkhorn (Washakada) Residential School. The Elkhorn Residential School started as the Washakada Home for Girls and the Kasota Home for Boys were established in the village of Elkhorn, MB in 1888. Following a fire, the school was rebuilt outside the town in 1895. Ongoing financial problems led to a government takeover of the school. It was closed in 1918 but reopened in 1923, under the administration of the Anglican Church’s Missionary Society. Many students came from northern Manitoba. The leaders of The Pas Indian Band made a number of complaints about the conditions at the school, which was eventually closed in 1949. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Image of three girls and a man in a boat on the water, with land visible in the background.