Hoffnungsfeld, Indians cleaning Quebracho trees.
The picture shows two indigenous men cleaning Quebracho tree trunks in Hoffnungsfeld. A third man appears to be working on a plank beside the warehouse which burned in January 1929. This area is surrounded by the Chaco bush.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Hoffnungsfeld, preparing planks at the nursery garden.
The photo shows five workers at the nursery garden at Hoffnungsfeld. One worker has a spade, another a hoe, two appear to be seeding by hand and the fifth one is watering with a metal watering can. The planting rows have been neatly staked out and the garden is surrounding by a barbed wire fence, beyond which is bush.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
Hoffnungsfeld, Chief Cambyray in his Sunday clothes.
The photo shows Chief Cambyray dressed in a white shirt and tie and long pants, posing in front of a tree at Hoffnungsfeld. An indigenous person is walking past him in the background.
Engen, Fred, 1863-1929
This photo is of 5 men standing in the Soto cemetery. Grave sites are marked by log structures above the ground. JM and Mary Schmidt worked as missionaries in the area, 1947-1948.
School children in Little Grand Rapids
This photo is of a group of children standing outside the school in the wintertime. JM and Mary Schmidt worked as missionaries in the area, 1947-1948.
This photo is of some children from Soto Reserve in Little Grand Rapids outside playing on the ice in wintertime, possibly at school,
Going home by boat after church
This photo is of three canoes with people in them, heading home (Soto reserve?), presumably after a church service in Little Grand Rapids. JM and Mary Schmidt worked as missionaries in the area, 1947-1948.
After church service in Little Grand Rapids
This photo is of people standing outside a building after a church service in Little Grand Rapids. JM and Mary Schmidt worked as missionaries in the area, 1947-1948.
This photo is of the Little Grand Rapids church. JM and Mary Schmidt worked as missionaries in the area, 1947-1948.
Indigenous village life in Manitoba, 1947
This photo is of the chief of the Soto Reserve in Little Grand Rapids standing in the middle with a tent structure on the right. JM and Mary Schmidt worked as missionaries in the area, 1947-1948.
This photo is of some people together outside. They are standing and sitting behind some stakes in the ground, possibly a drumming circle during a community event of some kind.
This photo is of some people together outside, some sitting and some standing among some grass.
This photo is of people standing around on the Soto Reserve. There is a white flag in the middle of the picture, and a man who appears to be about to take off his hat. The reverse of the photo has the name "Paul Keeper" inscribed, possibly the man with the had off (there is a pen marking).
This photo is of a few people standing in a group on the Soto Reserve.
This photo is of a few people standing inbetween some stick and cloth structures on the Soto Reserve.