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Toba congregation in the Chaco. Missionaries J.W. Shank and Amos Swartzetruber standing at left.

Gathering of Toba people for church.

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.

Traditional dance performed by the Niagara Iroquois Dance Group in the chapel of Conrad Grebel College. Part of the events at "Tandi: Symposium on Native Peoples." 20-22 Jan 1976. Photo published in K-W Record 21 Jan 1976.

Indian chief standing near the team of horses pulling the wagon for the Trail of the Conestoga reenactment in June 1952. Hunsberger photo

Indigenous dancers at the "Doon Jamboree" at Brantford, Ontario in the 1950s. A crowd looks on, surrounding the dancers who are on a raised platform. Original archival description reads "Brantford Reserve Indians. Brantford, Ontario. Taken in 1950s. Hunsberger photo 17-10." Thus the dancers are probably Grand River Haudenosaunee (Six Nations). The man standing on the platform (third from left) is possibly Haudenosaunee chief Peter Sky.

Original archival description reads "Making chiefs on the Brantford Reserve. Mayor of Galt, Howie Meeker, Chief Sky of Brantford. Brantford, Ontario, during the 1950s. Hunsberger photo 17-11." This photograph appears to be taken at the same "Doon Jamboree" event as DH-648. Four men and a woman stand on a platform while a crowd looks on. The man on the far right, in traditional Indigenous dress, is possibly Haudenosaunee chief Peter Sky. Facing him are three men in western dress wearing Indigenous headdresses. A woman is adjusting the headdress of one of the men; he is possibly the hockey player and Member of Parliament Howie Meeker. One of the other men is probably the mayor of Galt, Ontario.

An Indigenous woman and children in front of what appears to be a Mennonite home. Slide is labeled "Native peoples, Mexico." These are possibly Raramuri people. Photo by G. J. Martens.

An Indigenous family standing on the platform of a train station in northern Ontario. Caption in album reads: "Indian family in northern Ontario." Caption on back of photo reads: "Indian family in northern Ontario; 8/42."

This slide is an image of a detail from the painting "Indian Encampment on Lake Huron" by Paul Kane (1810-1871). Group has been identified as Ojibwa. This slide was probably used to illustrate the history of the area before the arrival of Mennonite settlers.

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.