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Description: The church missionaries baptized and confirmed many Cree people in Moose Factory, ON. Christianity played an important role in everyone's life in James Bay.
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Description: Catholic Priests in Moosonee in 1948 pose for a photo with many Cree people and children.
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Description: A rear view of the Catholic Church in Moosonee and Cree children walking in the foreground.
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Description: A mid-1900s school in Moosonee. Throughout the 1900s in Moosonee, the Catholic Church established a Catholic Public School. Today, in Moosonee, many Cree people attend Catholic Church services ...
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Description: Cree Elders, men, women and children with a priest pose for a photo. By the 1940s, the Catholic Church and religion was much incorporated into Cree life and followed by many western James ...
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Description: A group of Cree people posing with a southern politician visiting Moosonee in 1947.
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Description: A group of Cree adults and children during the early 1900s. The woman wears a traditional shawl worn by Cree women during this early period.
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Description: Women gathered in a field in front of the local Church as two young female Cree girls eat bannock and drink tea in the foreground.
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Description: A winter parade float during a Christmas proceeding down main street in downtown Moosonee.
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Description: A loader pulling a parade float with the traditional Shaaptwaan (long teepee-like structure) constructed on it that was used for cooking and could hold up to two to three families.
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Description: A Christmas parade in downtown Moosonee.
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Description: A young girl in residential school, likely in Fort Albany, eats fry bread.
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Description: An adult and young boy play checkers on a board beside a teepee. Checkers was a popular game played by all Crees on the coastal communities.
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Description: Cree women in traditional shawls in front of a tent with a church in the background. Two babies are in tikinagans, a traditional Cree method of carrying very young babies to keep them warm ...
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Description: Young Cree women, boys and girls in front of tent. One young boy holds a bow and arrow no longer used by Cree people with the introduction of the gun. By the early 1900s, most boys owned ...
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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.
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... children watching a movie - Path of the Elders
The Deschatelets Archive photo collection - 1900s example of a snowmobile on skis - Path of the Elders
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... knowledge to their children in the future.
Likewise, the role-playing game teaches youths a method of learning based on talking with and listening to the Elders.
As the urban population increases, ...
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... study guide, online quiz, and glossary. While less comprehensive than the other resources, Dust Echoes is an excellent introduction for discussing different Aboriginal cultures with young children. ...