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Paraguayan Indians seated outside of huts

Four Indians standing by dirt road in Paraguay

C.N. and Helen Hiebert (marked with checks) and other missionaries with Chulupi and Lengua Indians

Two Indian women herding animals

During a severe drought, Lenchen Siemens hands a cup of skim milk to an Indigenous child among a group of Indigenous women and children. Filadelfia, Fernheim Colony, Paraguay. 1964 label: “Miss Lenchen Siemens giving out skim milk to Indians in Filadelphia (sic) during the severe drouth.”

Marianne Kaethler hands out galletas (hard-baked biscuits) to a group of Indigenous women and children. Filadelfia, Fernheim Colony, Paraguay. 1964 label: “Miss Marianne Kaethler giving out “gallentas” (hard-baked biscuts) to Indians in Filadelphia. The galletas were made by a Mennonite baker free of charge out of U.S. surplus flour.” (sic)

Children from a Bible class stand for a photo by a thatched roof, each holding a bundle. Several adults are among them, including an Indigenous Guarani woman named Amalia (in the wheelchair), who was a patient at the Kilometer 81 Leprosy Mission. Though only 26 inches tall, Amalia and her husband Nicasio Ayala regularly traveled to visit people in need, and she eventually helped start a Bible class in her home, later helping teach a Sunday School class that met every Sunday afternoon. Two other adults in the photo are likely Clara Schmidt (far right) and Dr. John Schmidt (tallest, back row). 1967 label: “Bible class (see March 1967 Wal for story)” [A reference to Mennonite Central Committe’s Women’s Activities Letter]

Indigenous children at desks and benches under the thatched roof of a school structure in Yalve Salva, Fernheim, Paraguay. 1968 label: “School in session at Yalve Sanga, Fernheim. This is in one of the Indian villages.”

Women in dresses and several children stand at windows outside the mission church in Filadelfia, a brick building where services are held for Indigenous people, specifically the Nivaclé. 1959 label: “Indian mission church in Filadelfia.” Handwritten in same ink as description: “(Widen. Horizon)”

A woman, likely Indigenous, carries her husband on her back to see the MCC Mobile Clinic, Taiwan. The husband holds a stick. A mountainside fills the background. Original label: “This woman carried her husband to the clinic several days.”

A young Indigenous Paiwan couple in ceremonial dress, Taiwan. Thatched buildings can be seen in the background. Original label: “A young couple of the Paiwan tribe in ceremonial dress.”

Lillian Dickson, a Canadian Presbyterian Missionary who often travelled with the MCC Mobile Clinic, treats a large group of likely Indigenous patients for pediculosis in Taiwan. A mountain can be seen in the background. Original label: “Mrs Dickson treating the patients for pediculosis.” Additional information from 1950 MCC Workbook: “The medical service in Formosa has been strengthened in its spiritual witness through the cooperation of James and Lillian Dickson, Canadian Presbyterian Missionaries. Mrs. Dickson has accompanied the MCC clinic on many of its trips to the interior.”