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.
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.
Alfred Cook of Bloodvein, Manitoba shakes hands with two men. The man on the right wearing a jacket with indigenous decorations on it is Mennonite Pioneer Mission missionary Edwin Brandt.
Used in CM 16-43-4; 3 of 7 men building for MPM in Pauingassi & Little Grand Rapids. Kneeling are Penner (Dave, M.D.?) & Rev. Henry Friesen; standing is John Sawatsky, teacher at Pauingassi. See 14.4289 for small photo & neg.
Negative also. Harry Cook, Chief of Bloodvein Indian River Band, with his wife and children. See CM 17-32-1 re. different photo of him & re-election as chief. He attended mission conferences in southern Manitoba. Smaller photo on contact sheet 14.4292.
Mennonite Pioneer Mission/Native Ministries missionary Henry Neufeld (left) is talking with two men. They might be locals from the community where Henry is working.
Mennonite Pioneer Mission/Native Ministries worker Ernie Sawatzky sitting with a young man wearing a cowboy hat and cowboy boots in Cross Lake, Manitoba.
People from Bloodvein are walking through the snow on their way to a wedding. It might be the wedding of Charlie Duck. A Mennonite Pioneer Mission Bombardier snow bus is up on the snowbank.
A group of people inside the chapel in Pauingassi, Manitoba. Some of them are soon to be baptized or have just been baptized. Missionary Henry Neufeld is back left.
Group of children at Christmas time. The children of the Otto Hamms may be part of the group; this would mean this was at Cross Lake. It could also be at Pauingassi in the school house See CM 7-16-5; 7-16-7.
Henry Neufeld (left) and Spoot Owen next to a pine tree in Pauingassi, Manitoba. Henry served in Pauingassi for many years as a Mennonite Pioneer Mission/Native Ministries missionary. Spoot is a local leader.
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.