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Robert Unruh, right, stands beside an Indigenous Ayoreo man and a child. Several other Ayoreo children can be seen in the background. Paraguayan Chaco. 1963 label: “Bob Unruh with Moros Indians”

Two bikes lean against a thatched house, the home of Nivaclé people in the Yalve Sanga settlement, Paraguay. A ladder and another thatched structure can be seen. 1963 label: “This shot was taken at Yalwe Sanka were Chulupies are settling. Note their bicycles leaning against the primitive house.” [sic]

Three Indigenous Ayoreo men stand together. 1963 label: “The Moro Indians... living in Paraguay: These Indians have just been contacted for the first time in early 1963 by the MCC."

An Indigenous Ayoreo individual tastes a piece of bread as (left to right) missionary Hein (possibly David Hein, Gerhard Hein, or Dietrich Hein), missionary Gerhard Giesbrecht, and Ann Wiens (Klassen) watch. The thick brush of the Chaco can be seen in the background. Paraguay. 1963 label: “The Moro Indians... The Indians have been contacted for the first time in early 1963 from the MCC (outside world). / (l-r) Missionary Hein & Giesbrecht, & Miss Klassen watch as a Moro tastes bread."

Two Ayoreo individuals, with another in the background. Paraguayan Chaco. 1963 label: “Miscellaneous shot of Moros.”

A group of Indigenous Ayoreo children and three other Indigenous men stand with two Italian Catholic Silesian missionaries. Behind them is the side of a truck. Paraguayan Chaco. 1963 label: “Italian Catholic Silesian Fathers in front of truck. Note the number of Moros children”

Close-up of two Indigenous Ayoreo children. Paraguayan Chaco. The same two children can also be seen in Photo 13 and Photo 08. 1963 label: “Moros Indians / Miscellaneous shot of Moros”

Several Indigenous Ayoreo children standing and sitting on a bed constructed of tree limbs. Paraguayan Chaco. Tent covers can be seen in the background. 1963 label: “Moros Children standing and sitting on a bed. Moros construct beds from limbs of trees and brace them about 2 feet above ground.”

Indigenous Nivaclé workers pose for a photograph while working on a building they will use for both a church and a school. Several children appear to be helping with the work. Unlaid bricks can be seen around the building, and wooden frames for doors and windows stick out several feet above the most recent layer of brick. Paraguay. 1964 label: “Chulupi Indians working on their church. The building will be used as both church and school. The Indians decided to build it before they went ahead with putting up houses for themselves.”

Three Indigenous men assemble horse-drawn garden cultivators, cultivators which were collected and shipped by the Ontario Mennonites around 1963. Paraguay. A building and a large pile of bricks can be seen in the background. 1964 label: “Indians assemble horse drawn garden cultivators. These cultivators were collected and shipped by the Ontario Mennonites last year. More cultivators could be used.”

A line of Indigenous people stand partially submerged in a body of water, waiting to be baptized by a man at left. A multitude of people watch from the shore, and a building can be seen in the background. Paraguay. 1963 label: “A baptismal service for the colony of Indians in Paraguay.”

Photo from Paraguay. 1963 label: “Indian Resettlement Committee (Executive): (L-R): Robert Unruh, William T. Snyder, Frank Wiens, Jacob Reimer, G. B. Giesbrecht, Heinrich Duerksen and Peter Derksen.” Handwritten label adds: “Jacob Reimer – OB [Oberschulze] – Menno C[olony], Gerhart Giesbrecht – Preacher Fernheim, Heinrich Duerksen – OB – Fernheim, Peter Derksen – OB – Neuland”

1962 label: “[left to right] Bernhard Toews, Bob [Robert] Unruh, and William T. Snyder during Snyder’s recent trip to the Chaco (May 62). W.T.Snyder is taking notes on the Indian Resettlement program on Menno Colony Mission.”