This file contains a newspaper clipping about the life of Lucy M. Baker, praising her work with the Indians who "worshipped" her for the work she did for the Makoce Waste Sioux after the 1885 rebellion. Also scanned is a mission report of the two reserves she worked at, Mistawasis (Cree) and Makoce Waste (Sioux).
Records in the Margaret Baker fonds collection tell the story of the development of the Wahpeton reserve and Lucy Baker's activities as a missionary teacher. Reflects stereotypical views of the time.
Lucy Margaret Baker: A Biographical Sketch of the First Missionary of Our Canadian Presbyterian Church to the North-West Indians
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Lucy Margaret Baker
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This file contains an original copy of Lucy Margaret Baker: A Memoir, compiled by Elizabeth A. Byers and published by Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, 1920. It discusses her work with the Cree near Prince Albert, Sask. (Mistawasis Reserve), her teaching at Nisbet Academy, her work during North-West Rebellion, and her efforts to help an "outcast band of Sioux."
Group photo of the soccer team at St. George's Boys College in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. On back of photograph: "Front Row: Jack Appleton, Jack McFadden, Deryk Bodington, Innis Stacey, Hubert Connally, Arthur Moses, Adam Cuthand. Back row: Bishop Lloyd (Anglican bishop of that day), Jack Biggs, Derwin Hayes, Rusty Armitage, Jack (Art?) Fraser, Rev. Fred Stevens."