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. Tags Boy, Girl, Missionaries ...

Description: Catholic Priests in Moosonee in 1948 pose for a photo with many Cree people and children. Tags Summer, Groups of People, Church, Missionaries & Children, Moosonee

Description: A rear view of the Catholic Church in Moosonee and Cree children walking in the foreground. Tags Summer, Groups of People, Church, Moosonee

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 ...

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 ...

Description: A group of Cree people posing with a southern politician visiting Moosonee in 1947. Tags Summer, Tikinagans, Groups of People, Children, European, Moosonee

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. Tags Family, European, Moosonee

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. Tags Summer, Woman, Tikinagans, Children, Groups of People, ...

Description: A winter parade float during a Christmas proceeding down main street in downtown Moosonee. Tags Winter, Children, European, Modern Houses, Moosonee

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. Tags Winter, ...

Description: A Christmas parade in downtown Moosonee. Tags Winter, Woman, Man, Children, Groups of People, Family, European, Traditional, Celebrations, Moosonee

Description: A young girl in residential school, likely in Fort Albany, eats fry bread. Tags Girl, Children, European

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. Tags Man, Children, European, Teepee

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 The Deschatelets Archive photo collection ...

... 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, ...

... 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.  ...