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10 cm of graphic material and textual record. - 36 photographs : b&w and col.
Donald Harris Sands born on Walpole Island First Nation Reservation in Ontario on January 3rd, 1928. He was raised by his great Aunt Lela Altiman in his great, great grandfather's home.
At the age of five Donald was sent to Shingwauk Residential School in Sault Ste Marie on September 1, 1933. Donald left Shingwauk on June 1st, 1944. After graduating from Shingwauk he entered military service and later took up his vocation as a printer in California. Don's sister Nellie Sands also attended Shingwauk.
Don later became an enthusiastic Shingwauk Alumnus. He participated in all the Reunions and Healing Circles, and was an active founding member of the Shingwauk Alumni Association. Don Sands passed away on Friday June 28, 2002 in his home in California.
Photograph on left shows Donald Sands standing outside the Shingwauk Indian Residential School in 1938.
Fonds comprises photographs of Donald Sands and family and textual records relating to Indian Residential Schools. Photographs are of the Shingwauk Indian Residential School, the Shingwauk reunions, and social gatherings. Textual records include articles, correspondence, and excerpts of academic literature.
0.1 cm of textual record. - 1 photograph : col. ; 16.25 x 12.25 cm
0.1 cm of graphic material.- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
0.1 cm of graphic material. - 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.25 cm
0.1 cm of graphic material. - 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 23 cm
0.1 cm of graphic material. - 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.75 x 17.75 cm
0.1 cm of graphic material. - 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 25.5 cm
0.1 cm of graphic material. - 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 13 cm
0.1 cm of graphic material. - 1 photograph : b&w
1 photograph : b&w
0.2 mm of textual record. -1 certificate
1 photograph : col.
1 photograph : col. ; (jpeg)
1 photograph : col.
1 photograph : col.
1 photograph : col. ; (Jpeg)
1 photograph : col.
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0.1 cm of graphic material. - 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 12.5 cm
Pictured left to right, starting at back: Rebecca, Don, June, Mariana, Robin, Elaine, Heather, Victoria, and Marcello.
4.5 cm of textual record. - 1 book.
Inscription on front cover: "Presented to Donald Sands, at Graduation. Shingwauk IRS Sault Ste Marie, Arthur S. Minchin Principal."
1 photograph ; b&w ; 18 x 12 cm
Donald Sands was 13 yrs in this photograph
0.1 cm of graphic material. - 1 photograph ; col. ; 10 x 15 cm
Photograph of Donald Sands and Dorothy Cunningham
1 photograph ; col. ; 10 x 15 cm
Photograph of Dorothy Cunningham and Donald Sands
0.1 co of graphic material. - 1 photograph ; col. ; 10 x 15 cm
Photograph of Donald Sands and Isabelle Odun-Jones
0.1 cm of graphic material. - 1 photograph ; col. ; 10 x 15 cm
Written on the back of photo: "Oct 1997, Intertribal dance, Mona to left of me [Nellie Sands]. Someone had asked her to carry child for a blessing during dance. Skirtdancer is Gabrieleno Tongua. also Arjachemen & Pueblo Dancer"
0.1 cm of graphic material. - 1 photograph ; col. ; 15.25 x 10 cm
Written on the back: from "left Jennie (Tallon) Nielson, Elaine Sands, Lily ?, Gentleman?"
0.1 cm of graphic material. - 1 photograph ; col. ; 15 x 10 cm
Written on the back: "L to R, Nellie McDowell, Susie Jones, Isabelle (nee Oke) Odam-Jones"
1 photograph ; col. ; 15 x 10 cm
Presentation of artwork, written on the back: " Dorothy - don't know winners name".
0.1 cm of graphic material. - 1 photograph ; col. ; 15.25 x 10 cm
Written on the back: "Jennie (Talon) Nielson, Nellie McDowell, 7/96"
0.1 cm of graphic material. - 1 photograph ; col. ; 15 x 10 cm
Written on back: "Lyla, Roger & son, July 1996". Don Jackson identified as Lyla (Greenbird) Yake, son Stafford Yake and Roger Yake.
1 photograph ; col. ; 15 x 10 cm
written on back: "Oct 1997, Fred, Aunt Rose, Nellie & Don, in front of Monument, Rosecross Military Cemetery"
0.1 cm of graphic materials. - 1 photograph ; col. ; 15 x 10 cm
Written on back: "Oct 1997, Prior to unveiling, approx. 400 attendees, I have the video tape - everyone so solemn, gun salute, the works. I was very honoured."
0.1 cm of textual record. - 1 photograph : col. ; 11 x 8.75 cm
Don Jackson identified Dorothy (Lye) Bowers standing between Don Sands and Nellie [Sands] McDowell
0.01 cm of textual record. -email
email to Don Jackson and Theresa Turmel discussing the donation of Shingwauk Certificate to archives.
0.01 cm of textual record. - 1 letter
Handwritten letter
0.01 cm of textual record. -1 table of contents
listing of articles and textual material from letters to newsletter copies collected by Don Sands.
0.02 cm of textual record. -1 letter
Rebuttal to Bernice Logan, "As Your God Is My Witness", by Don Sands. Dedicated to all the Indians who were abused and mistreated in the Indian School System of Canada. An open letter to Bernice Logan in response to her writings and public comments.
0.01 cm of textual record. -newsletter and newspaper clipping photocopies
Copy of Walpole Island First Nation Community Newsletter dated September 9, 1994. Copy of Walpole Island First Nation Community Newsletter dated October 29, 1993. Copy of Walpole Island First Nation Community Newsletter dated November 11, 1993. Copy of Los Angeles Times clipping, unknown date. Copy of L.A. Life article dated March 4, 1997.
0.01 cm of textual record. - colour photocopies of book & movie covers
Colour photocopy of the cover of "The Teaching Wigwams" by R. Bernice Logan. Colour photocopy of the cover of "Where The Spirit Lives" VHS movie. Colour photocopy of the cover of "Breaking the Silence" by Assembly of First Nations, 1994. Colour photocopy of the cover of "Shingwauk's Vision: A History of Native Residential Schools" by J.R. Miller.
0.01 cm of textual record. -letters and news clipping
Letter from John L. Orendorff, Jr., American Indian Education Commission dated August 6, 1997. Letter from Jim Byrd, CBC dated August 12, 1997. Letter from Deborah Edler Brown dated February 12, 1998. Letter from Deborah Edler Brown dated January 7, 1999. Copy of news clipping from the Catholic Register [1997].
.01 cm of textual record. -1 letter
Typed letter to Edmund J. Danziger, Jr. at the Bowling Green State University from Don Sands dated Feb 1998.
0.01 cm of textual record. -1 report
Aboriginal Healing Foundation Residential School Healing Strategy Conference report, dated July 14,15,16, 1998 at Squamish Territory, Vancouver B.C. Report by Don Sands, Report for Walpole Island.
0.01 cm of textual record. -1 letter
Typed letter to Carol Nadjiwon from Donald Sands as a member of the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association. Addressed from Los Angeles, California dated Sept. 1998.
0.01 cm of textual record. - 1 letter
Typed letter to Darrell Boissoneau from Donald Sands as a member of Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association, writing from Los Angeles, California.
0.01 cm of textual record. -1 letter
Typed letter to Nora Bernard from Don Sands writing from Los Angeles, California. Dated Sept. 1998.
0.01 cm of textual record. -1 letter
Typed letter to the Canadian Jewish Congress from Donald H Sands as a member of the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association, writing from Los Angeles, California. Dated Nov. 1998. Residential School Update photocopy, from the Chief's Committee on Health.
0.02 cm of textual record. -3 letters, 2 photocopied newsletters
Letter to Jane Stewart, Minister of Indian Affairs from Donald H Sands as a member of Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association, writing from Los Angeles, California, dated Dec. 1998. Photocopy of Residential School Update newsletter. Photocopy of Wind Speaker newsletter. Response from Jane Stewart to Donald H. Sands dated March 26, 1999. Letter to Ms. Evelyn Giles, Chair of Residential School Survivors Association from Jane Stewart, P.C., M.P.
0.01 cm of textual record. -1 letter
Typed letter to the Editor of the Ottawa Citizen from Donald H Sands as a member of the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association, writing from Los Angeles, California, dated Jan. 1999.
0.01 cm of textual record. -2 letters, 2 email
Typed letter to Steven Spielberg, Shoah Visual History Foundation from Donald H. Sands as a member of the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association, writing from Los Angeles, California, dated Feb. 1999. Response from Kris Kelley, Public Relations at DreamWorks, dated April 14, 1999. Email to Don Sands from Don Jackson regarding correspondence to Steven Spielberg. Email from Don Sand to Don Jackson regarding correspondence to Steven Spielberg.
0.01 cm of textual record. -2 letters
Typed letter to Bishop Peers. Rev. Jim Miller from Donald H Sands as a member of the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association, dated Aug 10, 1998. Typed letter to John Bird from Donald Sands dated March 24, 1999.
0.01 cm of textual record. -letter
Typed letter to Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer from Donald H Sands as a member of Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association, writing from Los Angeles, California, dated April 1999.
0.01 cm of textual record. -letter
Typed letter to Whom It May Concern, a tribute to Nellie [Sands] McDowell by Donald H Sands dated July 14, 1999.
0.01 cm of textual record. -1 photocopy of newsletter
Photocopy of Nin-Da-Waab-Jig news dated April 1998.
0.01 cm of textual record.
Chart of Criminal Sentences of Convicted Abusers by name, listing position, school, conviction and sentence.
Hollywood Forever Cemetary
1.5 cm of moving images. - 1 DVD and 1 VHS
.97 cm of textual record
Donald Sands
.98 cm of textual record
Donald Sands
.25 cm of textual record and graphic material
Donald Sands
.97 cm of textual record
Donald Sands
.98 cm of textual record