Sandy Lake

A black and white photograph of Bishop J. A. Newnham distributing treats to a large group of Aboriginal children. The children sit in semi-circles on the ground outside, and are dressed in western clothing. This picture may have been taken at a residential school near Sandy Lake, Saskatchewan.

File contains a newspaper article from The Journal newspaper published in Melfort, Saskatchewan Volume 18, May, 1927 (one page). It is a brief summary of Thomas Clarke's life in the West as a missionary for the Anglican church from May 1877 to May 1927. He was mainly an educator of Aboriginal children on reserves and at Battleford Industrial School. He also gives a brief account of his involvement in the North-West rebellion in 1885.

A Cree camp at the Sandy Lake Reserve, probably sometime around the end of the nineteenth or early twentieth centuries. Picture shows several tipis and horses.

Historical overview of First Nations treaty signatory, Ahtahkakoop, who as part of his strategy to ensure future generations’ success, adopted the white man’s religion, education and agricultural pursuits.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.34.