Up Ghost River (35 page)

St. Anne's Residential School, ca. 1954, and again in 1962/63.

The school was destroyed by fire in 2002
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Children digging potatoes in the field. By the 1950s the Catholic mission had expansive fields of potatoes, carrots and other hardy vegetables. In the greenhouse they grew strawberries, blueberries and tomatoes—none of which we ever tasted
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Boys in uniform at St. Anne's Residential School
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Graduating class at St. Anne's Residential School, ca. 1963. I'm on the left, in the second row from the top. Sister Anne is in front of me, Sister Gloria is at far right, and Brother Lauzon and Father Leguerrier, Bishop of Moosonee, are in front-row centre
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Fort Albany, Ontario, ca. 1955, looking north, and showing Holy Angels Catholic Church
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Me in spring 1964 at Kirkland Lake Collegiate Vocational Institute, Ontario. That summer I went to Montreal with Mike Pasko
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Christmas at the Ryans' foster home, Kirkland Lake, Ontario, ca. 1963. I'm at bottom left
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My family on a trip from Edmonton, Alberta, to Fort Albany, Ontario, in fall 1983. Once in Ontario, we travelled by freighter canoe on the Albany River, a distance of 400 km. The trip took ten days to complete, moving through a variety of terrain. From left: Shannin, Albalina, me, Jassen. Joan took the picture
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As Chief of Fort Albany, Ontario, awarding bikes for good attendance and performance in school, 1991
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Yours truly completing the Canadian International Marathon in Toronto in 2001. All those years of track paid off
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The crew of the annual Paquataskamik rafting trip. Each summer we bring youths on a multi-day expedition down the Albany River, moving 40 km each day. The trip brings youths together with elders, and teaches them about the natural environment (Paquataskamik), cultural wisdom and working together as a community. From left to right, starting at top: Bernard Sutherland, Captain Edmund Metatawabin, Corey Reuben, Andrea Iahtail, Austin Nakogee, Malesh Kataquapit, Geronimo Spence (partially hidden), Kendall Nakogee, Anastash Paul-Martin, Shelton Metatawabin, Elder Joseph Sutherland, Braiden Metatawabin, Andrew Iahtail, Corey Reuben, Karen and Jassen Metatawabin
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