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Residential school administration by Anna Bella Solomon
Residential school, livestock, garden by Anna Bella Solomon
Description: A church or possibly a barn under construction to be used for keeping horses, cows and other farm animals inside.
Tags Summer, Construction, Church, Moose Factory
Description: Evidence that farm animals and old style carts were used for transportation as well as for farm work.
Tags Summer, Man, European, Carts, Moose Factory, Cow, Moose Factory
Description: A man with a cow with harness pulling a cart full of wood used in the missions for fire wood and cooking. In the background, other cows follow and cross a small bridge.
Tags Summer, Farming, ...
Description: A Cree man with two cows used for mission farm work such as hauling logs, freight, and other goods as well as tilling the soil. Many Cree learned how to bale hay, feed cows and care for the ...
Description: The Catholic Missions employed farm animals such as cows for work and many Cree residential students who had never seen these strange animals before eventually became accustomed to cows and ...
Description: Another important water vessel used in James Bay. Here a barge transports cows to shore for use at the missions.
Tags Summer, Generic, Man, Groups of People, European, Sailboat, Cow
Description: A tractor, possibly cows or dogs and two horses combine to pull large sleds of goods and supplies as the tractor train makes its way on the frozen river. A tent on one sled was used for overnight ...
Description: A man in the winter snow leading a cow and sled with a load of logs either used for fire wood, cooking or building material. In the background, possibly a Cree man, his snowshoes in the snow, ...
Description: A priest or mission worker leading harnessed cows pulling a load of hay with Cree boys and Cree women dressed in traditional shawls, some with pitch forks.
Tags Summer, Farming, Groups ...
Description: Two men till and work the boreal soil with a cow pulling a plough. Working the land in the northern communities was likely very difficult as the land had to be cleared, the summer was short ...
