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A couple at the Beardy's First Nation at Duck Lake sit in front of their house. Possibly the same man as in the four generation photo of 1994-14.2141? The log house is partially covered with plaster.

An Indigenous man stands in front of a log house in winter. Three children are also visible in the photograph. Perhaps this is a newly built home for a family. CM 7-16-7 has an article about Henry Neufeld's task of assisting people to build better houses. Probable location is Pauingassi, Manitoba. Negative also.

A lookout, built some years previous, for the village of Kleefeld in the Fernheim colony to watch the movements of Ayoreo people who were resisting settlement on their lands. Peaceful contact began to be established in 1963. Used in CM 11-23-1.

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.

A village on the mountain slopes of Bolivia's mountains. Written on back of photograph: "Roman Catholic churches stick out their steeples in the centre of Indian villages, but they are not the solution to the lost condition of men." Not found in CM.

A young woman is walking along the stoney shore of a lake carrying a large piece of Indigenous art. Notation on the back: MR, 4 col. 11A - possibly indicating this photograph was for use in the Mennonite Reporter. Stamp on back of photo reads "Information Canada, Ottawa."

A Yavapai boy learns carpentry at a Save the Children Federation summer work camp. He helped to remodel an old building into a community centre for the reservation. Used in CM 15-24-5.

Close up of the young boy (2 years old?) in the four generation photo in 1994-14.2141? The siding of a house is in the bkgd. & he is standing with a woman wearing a black sweater.

Used in CM 6-39-4. Aaron Schmidt (left), pastor of the Terrace Gospel Chapel in B.C. stands beside George Auckland (center), Indigenous student at MEI, Gertrude Mitchell & Marilyn Auckland. See article for their story.

Used in CM 15-50-3 with art. re. an experiment in growing potatoes. L. to R.: Jake Unrau, mi. at Manigotogan; Mr. Simard, potato grower; Menno Wiebe, exec. sec. of B. of M., CMC. Two children also in photo.

This photo was together with 14.4275. An Indigenous family, probably Ojibwe on the Bloodvein reserve.

An Indigenous woman and her four children, possibly Ojibwe, are on the steps of a building, possibly a chapel on the Bloodvein First Nation.

An Indigenous woman is selling the produce she grows in her piece of land. Not found in CM.

Used in CM 13-21-10. Caption in The Canadian Mennonite: "Ben and Helen Spotted-wolf celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in the Zion Arapaho Mennonite Church of Canton, Oklahoma on May 2. This is a rare occasion among Indian Christians. Ben and Helen Spotted-wolf were married in a Christian ceremony in 1905 by GC Missionary J. A. Funk."

Infor. on back: "Bloodvein Chief Harry Cook and principal Egon Enns examine the official school opening program. The new four-room elementary school serves a community of 330 Saulteaux.