- CA MHC 721-42-12
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- [200-?]
A photo of sisters Coran [?] and June Calf Child, from Siksika, Alberta at a conference on the Sarcee reserve. The man in the photo is a friend of theirs.
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A photo of sisters Coran [?] and June Calf Child, from Siksika, Alberta at a conference on the Sarcee reserve. The man in the photo is a friend of theirs.
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Alvin Lepp presents Horace Bull Bear a copy of St. John's Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles in Blackfoot. They are standing in Siksika Christian Fellowship church.
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Terry and Alvin in front of house
Terry Widrick (left) and Alvin Lepp (right) are standing with two children in front of a house in Stand Off, Alberta.
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Olivette, Liz, and Frank at Mennonite Indian Leaders Council meeting
(Left to right) A Choctaw woman, Olivette McGhee, Liz Detweiler, and Frank James are standing around inside at a Mennonite Indian Leaders Council meeting [?].
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A woman is standing with a group of young children during a Native Ministries family camp-out. Location might be Manigotagan.
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A photo of a young boy in Selkirk, Manitoba.
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A photo of a group of children who are participating in vacation Bible school in Manigotagan, Manitoba.
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Ray, Priscilla, and Billie Jean at gathering
(Left to right) Ray Horst, Priscilla Wero, Billie Jean Fraser, and another woman at a Mennonite Indian Leaders Council gathering. Priscilla is holding a decorative pot [?].
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John Zacharias and a young girl embrace in church in Manigotagan, Manitoba.
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Terry and Martin with two friends
Terry Widrick (left) and Martin Cross (right) are standing with two friends in Stand Off, Alberta. Rufus and Celine Goodstriker are standing between them.
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The Native Ministries files contain material dating back to 1965, but the majority of the records were generated in the years 1971 and following. The small amount of pre-1971 material consists of files retained by the Native Ministries Board after reorganization. These files contains the following records: Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) files (including those generated by Roger Groening and Clarence Nepinak during the years 1974-1976), reports from local mission stations (Loon Straits, Manigotogan, Hole River, Cross Lake, etc. ), social issues files (exploitation of Native migrant labours, alcoholism, etc.) and environmental issues files (which relate largely to Hydro development in the North). There are pamphlets from and correspondence with organizations such as Mennonite Foundation, The Mennonite Central Committee, the Manitoba Indian Brotherhood, and the Northern Canada Evangelical Mission.
In 2007 materials created in the 1990s were brought to the archives (accession 2007-079). A few files have much earlier records, usually dealing with property issues form the 1950s and 1960. Files deal with topics such as, such as hydro electric dam proposals, Meech Lake accord, Oak crisis, uranium mining, native spirituality, United Native Ministries, native camp, and Walnut Receiving Home. Files on various communities include Bloodvein, Cross Lake, Hole River, Hollow Water, Manigotogan, Matheson Island, Paungassi, Pine Dock and Riverton.
The collection is of interest for Canadian studies. These records could be of considerable use in the study of the conditions of native Canadians and attitudes towards them. The records detail life in several Native communities and how the church worked in these communities. Furthermore, correspondence with a variety of Native organizations pertains to their social concerns. These records, along with the Board of Missions files, provide a case study of the kind of transformation which many denominational mission organizations underwent in the 1960s and 1970s. A researcher working on the history of missions in Canada could find considerable useful materials in these files.
Conference of Mennonites in Canada. Native Ministries
Family camp-out at Manigotagan
A boy is standing in front of a camping trailer at a family camp-out in Manigotagan, Manitoba.
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Children at Manigotagan family camp-out
Children posing with their bows and arrows at a family camp-out in Manigotagan, Manitoba.
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A photo of Dale, Bella, Casey, Brandon Saddleback, Jason Saddleback, and Kyler Saddleback at the Indian Day grounds in fall of 2002.
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Violet and Herman McKay are sitting together on a couch in Cross Lake, Manitoba in 2002. Date was found on a duplicate photograph.
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