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This photo is of 4 "Indians" sitting dressed in period dress. Two gentlemen are wearing suits. Two women are wearing shawls, possibly more traditional dress. Hands are folded on their laps. Turi Wiepar & Deacon George.

Session at "Tandi: Symposium on Native Peoples" held at the University of Waterloo. Harold Cardinal addresses the gathering in a university lecture hall. The symposium was presented by Conrad Grebel College, the University's Federation of Students and Mennonite Central Committee (Canada). A report in Canadian Mennonite noted that in addition to local students, Indigenous students from other universities, as well as Dene and Haudenosaunee participants and civil servants were in attendance.

Written on slide: "Boys Ward P"

Written on slide: "Maetha Haety - wife of Indian chief"

Written on slide: "Boys Ward P"

Negative also. Informal photo. Used in the CM 7-16-7. Henry Neufeld on a skidoo with his three young children. Taken near Pauingassi in northern Manitoba where they were missionaries. See the CM 7-16-6 & 7-16-8.

Negatives also (2). Used in the CM 7-20-1 to indicate that racial problems were prevalent in northern parts of the North American continent as well as in the South. The photo was taken near the international boundary.

Used in the CM 12-34-3. Erie Sauder, executive secretary of Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) and furniture manufacturer from Archbold, Ohio (second from left) discusses MEDA project with Indigenous Christian leaders Peter Claassen, Ciriaco Perez and Labaz Ramirez.The Indigenous men are likely Enlhet or Nivacle.

Used in CM 18-21-1. Students from WLU, School of Religion are digging on a farmstead in Waterloo county "in an effort to unearth an old Neutral Indian village." The farm, near Blair was owned at the time by Blake Moyer.

Two copies of photo. Caption on back of smaller one (13x9), Helen Willms wrote "A group of school children at the Bloodvein Indian Reserve which is almost entirely Catholic, yet a number of families are requesting a Protestant schoolteacher." Caption on front of larger photo: "Where MPM may open mission. Helen Willms, Matheson Island."

Negative also. Margaret Hamm and children stand in front of mission home with six Cross Lake children and Helen Willms. They began Sunday School Nov. 1956 when the Hamm family came to Cross Lake. See 14.4252 f., CM 7-16-6.

Negative also. Used in CM 7-16-5 & CM 8-21-4. A Sunday evening audience of adults & children in Pauingassi where Henry & Elna Neufeld of MPM were stationed. Smaller photo (9x6.5) also.

Negative also. Used in CM 8-21-5. Two Indigenous young men in front of a log house. One young man is sawing wood. Taken where MPM personnel worked? See arts. & photos re. MPM in CM 7-16-5 to 7-16-8. Smaller photo (9x6.5) also.

Indigenous woman standing beside a dwelling in an open, snow covered area. Walls are made with logs and various materials cover the roof. Caption in The Canadian Mennonite: "The Old: Housing conditions for many Indians are extremely unsatisfactory."

Henry Berg and several men are building the chapel. Building homes & schools was also part of MPM's work. See 14.4255 re. completed building & Otto Hamm's book, p.16 where this photo was used.