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First Nations boys, pictured in the meal hall of the Catholic mission at Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories.

A First Nations family, pictured in camp. Miriam Green Ellis' caption draws particular attention to the infant held in a red velvet moss bag.

A First Nations family, posing next to their tepee. The ubiquitous camp dogs occupy the foreground.

A First Nations mother poses holding her child, who is wearing a peaked cap, slung on her back at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured magic lantern slides.

A First Nations woman poses with her child held in a sling on her back. An older woman, possibly the child's grandmother, gazes at the camera from behind them both. The image has been overexposed at the middle bottom.

The graves of Eliza Simon and Edouard Simon, in the graveyard at Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories. Edouard's marker reads 'enfant de E. Simon et de Josephine Simon decede le sept novembre 1911 a l'age de deux ans'.

An Inuit toddler stands at his or her mother's feet, posed to show a finely crafted caribou leather coat.

Two Inuit women with children. This magic lantern slide has been hand-coloured, and is also available as a photo print in Miriam Green Ellis' photo album.

Two Inuit women pose with three children, the youngest of whom clings to his or her mother's back. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured magic lantern slides.

Miriam Green Ellis poses with a First Nations woman and two children. This image is also represented among her hand-coloured magic lantern slides.