Archival Photos — Signs of Your Identity

These images come from the Canadian Libraries and Archives, and are of Residential Schools in Saskatchewan.

A01: Fort Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School, boys' musical group, Lebret, date unknown — A01: Fort Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School, boys' musical group, Lebret, date unknown

A02: Fort Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School, exterior view, Lebret, date unknown — A02: Fort Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School, exterior view, Lebret, date unknown

A03: Cowesses Indian Residential School, distant view, Marieval, 1923 — A03: Cowesses Indian Residential School, distant view, Marieval, 1923

A04: Battleford Indian Industrial School, the cricket team, ca. 1895 — A04: Battleford Indian Industrial School, the cricket team, ca. 1895

A05: St. Michael's Indian Residential School, two boys cutting hay with two teams of horses, Duck Lake, unknown date — A05: St. Michael's Indian Residential School, two boys cutting hay with two teams of horses, Duck Lake, unknown date

A06: Fort Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School, students and family members sitting on a hill overlooking the school, Lebret, May 1885 — A06: Fort Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School, students and family members sitting on a hill overlooking the school, Lebret, May 1885

A07: Fort Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School, group of students in front of the school, Lebret, March 1973 — A07: Fort Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School, group of students in front of the school, Lebret, March 1973

A08: St. Anthony's Indian Residential School, female students and a nun, Onion Lake, ca. 1950 — A08: St. Anthony's Indian Residential School, female students and a nun, Onion Lake, ca. 1950

A09: Regina Indian Residential School, students and school personnel, 1908 — A09: Regina Indian Residential School, students and school personnel, 1908

A10: Fort Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School, distant view with tents, carts and teepees at the fence perimetre, Lebret, [May 1885?] — A10: Fort Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School, distant view with tents, carts and teepees at the fence perimetre, Lebret, [May 1885?]

A11: Prince Albert Indian Residential School, driveway entrance, Lac La Ronge, 1948 — A11: Prince Albert Indian Residential School, driveway entrance, Lac La Ronge, 1948

A12: All Saints Indian Residential School, Cree students at their desks with their teacher in a classroom, Lac La Ronge, March 1945 — A12: All Saints Indian Residential School, Cree students at their desks with their teacher in a classroom, Lac La Ronge, March 1945

These images come from the Bureau of Indian Affairs records at the U.S. Archives in Denver, Colorado. Most are unlabeled/uncategorized, but the vast majority of them are of the Albuquerque Indian School in New Mexico.

B01: "We're not as bad as we look." — B01: "We're not as bad as we look."

B02 — B02

B03: School & Assembly hall, Fort defiance, Arizona — B03: School & Assembly hall, Fort defiance, Arizona

B04 — B04

b05 — b05

b06: "Estimate for labor of school children at southern ute school" — b06: "Estimate for labor of school children at southern ute school"

b07 — b07

b08 — b08

b09 — b09

b10 — b10

b11 — b11

b12 — b12

b13 — b13

b14 — b14

b15 — b15

b16: "Faculty of Albuquerque Indian School, 1883" — b16: "Faculty of Albuquerque Indian School, 1883"

b17 — b17

b18 — b18

b19 — b19

b20 — b20

b21 — b21

b22: Allen day school pupiles with teacher. Mrs. Bessie English. — b22: Allen day school pupiles with teacher. Mrs. Bessie English.

From an accession of U.S. Indian Health Service records, attributed to Mr. Allan Cayous. For more information, see this blog post from the U.S. Archives.

C01: 513-AS-18-14-10 — C01: 513-AS-18-14-10

c02: 513-AS-18-14-3: “Your hands can be gentle in ministering to our childrens needs.” — c02: 513-AS-18-14-3: “Your hands can be gentle in ministering to our childrens needs.”

c03: 513-AS-18-14-2: “Our children hide afraid to go forward yet not wanting to retreat from the new ways of life you have brought.” — c03: 513-AS-18-14-2: “Our children hide afraid to go forward yet not wanting to retreat from the new ways of life you have brought.”

c04: 513-AS-18-14-6: “We are told to live here and yet we are too poor to maintain and repair what we are [given] and must live with this:” — c04: 513-AS-18-14-6: “We are told to live here and yet we are too poor to maintain and repair what we are [given] and must live with this:”

c05: 513-AS-18-14-4: “Many have learned to trust and to believe in the new ways and are at ease in the modern schools and buildings you have brought.” — c05: 513-AS-18-14-4: “Many have learned to trust and to believe in the new ways and are at ease in the modern schools and buildings you have brought.”