Indian Homes Committee series
Transferred from Bishophurst by the Right Reverend Dr. Stephen Andrews to Algoma University January 23-24, 2014
May be restrictions on access and use based on the terms of the Deposit Agreement, the Diocese's Policy on Privacy and Archives. Subject to all applicable privacy legislation.
Some restrictions on reproduction due to fragility of the materials.
Our Indian Homes Committee and Rev. E.F. Wilson
Basic conservation performed during processing.
.25 m of textual records.
The Indian Homes Committee was a Synod of Algoma committee focused on the management of the Algoma Indian Homes. Canon 2.2 - Our Indian Homes adopted by the Synod of Algoma in 1914 describes the governance of the committee:
1. A committee for the management of the Algoma Indian Homes shall be elected at each ordinary session of the Synod of Algoma to serve during the inerval between one Synod and another, and to report in due course, as provided for in Section 4.
2. This Committee shall consist of the Bishop of the Diocese, the Principal of the Homes (if he be a member of the Synod), and sight others, four of whom shall be chosen from the clergy and four from the laity. Two of each order shall be appointed by the Bishop, and the remaining four shall be elected by the Synod. Five shall be a quorum.
3. Meetings of the Committee shall be held at least quarterly at Sault Ste Marie, if possible at the time of the quarterly meetings of the Executive Committee. But meetings may be called for sufficient cause by the Chairman at any convenient time.
4. The Committee shall be responsible to the Synod for the management of the Homes; it shall deal in all necessary matters with the Department of Indian Affairs, under the formal agreement passed between the Indian Superintendent and the Bishop of Algoma; and it shall report its decisions and operations semi-annually to the Executive Committee of the Synod and also in full to each session of the Synod.
5. The management of the Homes shall include: (1) The care of the grounds, the upkeep of the buildings, the carrying out of the curriculum under the formal agreement referred to in Clause 4, discipline, the engaging and paying of officers and workers, and generally all matters affecting the efficiency and process of the work and the physical, moral, and spiritual well-being and happiness at the Homes. (2) Subject to the approval of the Bishop of the Diocese, the maintenance and ordering of religious worship, and the systematic and effective teaching of the Christian faith in all its fullness, according to the doctrines, practices, and order of the Church of English in Canada.
Series comprises records created, endorsed, or published by the Our Indian Homes Committee. Series includes committee meeting minutes, annual reports, and student registers.
2 of series is oversized.
This series contains materials which uses dated, racist language and refers to Indigenous peoples using derogatory terms. Looking at this material might be triggering or distressing. A National Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support to former Residential School students and their families. This 24-Hour Crisis Line can be accessed at: 1-866-925-4419.
Minute book of the Indian Homes Committee
Indian Homes Committee
1.5 cm of textual records.
1 v., 200 p.
This file contains historical material which uses dated language and refers to Indigenous peoples using derogatory terms. Looking at this material might be triggering or distressing. A National Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support to former Residential School students and their families. This 24-Hour Crisis Line can be accessed at: 1-866-925-4419.
Minute book
Indian Homes Committee
3.5 cm of textual records.
1 v., 400 p.
Minute book includes the committee charge and by-laws. A number of loose reports are leafed throughout the minute book.
Shingwauk reports volume one
2 cm of textual records.
1 v.
Includes Our Indian Homes annual reports for the years: 1877 (supplement), 1878, 1890, 1892, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898.
This file contains historical material which uses dated language and refers to Indigenous peoples using derogatory terms. Looking at this material might be triggering or distressing. A National Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support to former Residential School students and their families. This 24-Hour Crisis Line can be accessed at: 1-866-925-4419.
Shingwauk reports volume two
3 cm of textual records.
1 v.
Includes Our Indian Homes (Shingwauk and Wawnosh Homes) annual reports.
This file contains historical material which uses dated language and refers to Indigenous peoples using derogatory terms. Looking at this material might be triggering or distressing. A National Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support to former Residential School students and their families. This 24-Hour Crisis Line can be accessed at: 1-866-925-4419.
Annual reports of the Shingwauk and Wawnosh Homes
4 cm of textual records.
1 v.
Photocopies of annual reports. Includes reports for 1878, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1890, 1892, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1914, 1915
This file contains historical material which uses dated language and refers to Indigenous peoples using derogatory terms. Looking at this material might be triggering or distressing. A National Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support to former Residential School students and their families. This 24-Hour Crisis Line can be accessed at: 1-866-925-4419.
Our indian homes
Rev E.F. Wilson
3 cm of textual records.
1 v.
Student register. Very fragile. Includes a conservation report that was completed in 1979 by Fine Art Paper Conservation.
Oversized.
This file contains historical material which uses dated language and refers to Indigenous peoples using derogatory terms. Looking at this material might be triggering or distressing. A National Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support to former Residential School students and their families. This 24-Hour Crisis Line can be accessed at: 1-866-925-4419.
Our indian homes grand summary examinations
1.5 cm of textual records.
1 v.
Fragile. Damaged binding, many pages are loose.
Oversized.
This file contains historical material which uses dated language and refers to Indigenous peoples using derogatory terms. Looking at this material might be triggering or distressing. A National Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support to former Residential School students and their families. This 24-Hour Crisis Line can be accessed at: 1-866-925-4419.