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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.

Incomplete temporary residence for parents arriving to bring or to get their children who are studying at the Mennonite mission in Yalwa Sanga, Chaco Boreal. Used in CM 11-15-10.

Infor. on back: Rachel Saint of Wycliffe Translators introduces Huaoranis Kimo (left) & Komi, participants in the World Congress on Evangelism, to the city of Berlin, on the Kurfuerstendamm St.. Sign for the underground subway is behind them. The Memorial Church, with ruined tower, is in the background, as well as the Kranzler Café. See art. CM 18-37-1 re. World Congress in 1966.

Negatives only, 2 similar ones. One used in CM 4-32-1. Rev. J. J. Thiessen, moderator of Canadian district, welcomes Samuel Stephen, principal of a Mennonite High school in India & John S. Timber, chairman of the Montana Indian Mennonite Churches, to the 34th meeting of the GCMC in Wpg. In photo used Thiessen shakes hands with Stephen.

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.

The Indigenous home being built; the thatched roof being placed upon it. (Resettlement Program.) Not found in CM.

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.

Used in CM 6-36-4. Margaret Reimer (left) & Katherine Friesen (right) push off in a canoe to cross the river. They were teaching summer Bible school here, possibly as a program of Mennonite Pioneer Mission. Wild rice growing; community members in background. C.f. CM 11-24-9 re. reserve.

Group of Nivacle farmers who attended an agricultural short course at Campo Alegre, Neuland. Front row, far left, Bob Unruh; Second row, far left, Dietrich Dyck, second from the right, Peter Duerksen. Not found in CM.

Indigenous leader and author Harold Cardinal. Used in CM 18-5-6.

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 7-16-8. Children from Indigenous and Metis communities with a teacher at a summer camp

The assistant leader of the Indian Christian Church at Nuevo Vida and his family. Used in CM 11-13-10.

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."

Osowane, an Ayoreo person talks with Rolf Fosterwald. Caption in CM reads: "A Moro Indian, Osowane, explains to Rolf Fosterwald (New Tribes Mission) how he injured his foot. Osowane is seated in the middle of the old oil company road, about 150 kms. north of Filadelfia. His possessions are about him - mirror, rags to sit on, shotgun, can and gourd, and bottles of water. Without the latter he would not be able to move from one waterhole to the next." Used in CM 16-40-11 and CM 14-47-7.