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First Nations parents and other family members in the audience of a school concert at the Catholic mission at Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories.

Inside a First Nations family's tent at Fort Norman in the Northwest Territories. The mother tends the older children, while her newborn sleeps in a makeshift hammock. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo…

A First Nations woman at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories, carrying her child in a sling on her back. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo print in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album.

A canoe hulled with birch bark, pictured on the shore at the Fort Norman First Nations camp. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo print in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album.

A birch bark canoe, set on the shore at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured magic lantern slides.

A group photo in front of the Catholic mission at Providence, Northwest Territories. The group includes the First Nations children resident at the mission, segregated by gender, and the priests and nuns running it.

A communion service at the Anglican mission at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories. The congregation members shown are from the local First Nations community.

Fish dry on racks by the Arctic Red River in the Northwest Territories.

Two First Nations women, one of whom holds the hand of a toddler, pose next to a number of skins drying on racks at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories.

Tobacco, hung to dry over a stovepipe in the First Nations camp at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories.