Robert Gary Miller series

Custodial History: 

Material in accession 2017-024 was collected by the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre in 2014.

Start Date: 
2013
GMD: 
electronic
graphic material
moving images
textual record
Geographic Access: 
Brantford (Ont.)
Access Restriction: 

No restrictions on access.

Description Level: 
Series
Subject Access: 
Indigenous Peoples in North America--Canada--Residential schools
Name Access: 
Mohawk Institute (Brantford, Ont.)
Language: 
English
End Date: 
2013
Date Range: 
2013 September - 2013 October
Repro Restriction: 

Researchers must adhere to applicable copyright law and privacy legislation and permission of the copyright holder is required to publish from the collection.

Creator: 

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre, R.G. Miller

Conservation: 

Minor conservation preformed on series.

Physical Description: 

789 MB of graphic material.- 110 photographs : col. ; (jpeg, CR2)

143 MB of textual record.- 5 . doc, 4 . docx, 9 .PDF, 5 .TIFF, 1 jpeg

Arrangement: 
Original order maintianed
Location Original: 

Digital born content.

History Biographical: 

Robert Gary Miller-Lahiaaks was born in 1950 on the Six Nations Mohawk Reserve in Brantford Ontario. At the age of two he was taken from his Longhouse family and his community. Miller served eleven years (1953-1964) in the Mohawk Institute, or as it was known to student-inmates- the Mush Hole. During Miller's time at the Mush Hole he experienced violent daily life that included sexual assault at the hands of staff. Miller uses his art to tell the story of what happened to him and others within the residential school.

"Serving Time at The Mush Hole: Visual Testimony of R. G. Miller-Lahiaaks (Mohawk, Six Nations) — Selected works from Mush Hole Remembered (2008)." opened at the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre on September 12, 2013. In the words of artist R.G. Miller, this exhibit represents “a combination of vague, mundane memories of years at the school, and flashes of horror experienced there. They are the strongest memories I could approach without descending into a place I would not be able to emerge from.”

Self-portrait, "A Legend in His Own Eyes"

Scope Content: 

Series comprises photographs and documentation of R.G. Miller's "Serving Time at The Mush Hole: Visual Testimony of R. G. Miller-Lahiaaks (Mohawk, Six Nations) — Selected works from Mush Hole Remembered (2008)." which opened at the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre on September 12, 2013.

Notes: 

*Content/Trigger Warning* This material deals with matters of child abuse, sexual assault of children, and death.

If you are requiring mental health support after viewing this material please contact the 24 hour Indian Residential Schools crisis support line: 1-866-925-4419

Repository: 
srsc

Artist's statement

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English
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Creator: 

Robert Gary Miller-Lahiaaks

GMD: 
electronic
textual record
Responsibility: 
Custodial History: 
Start Date: 
2013
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
2013
Style or Pattern: 
Process: 
Date Range: 
2013 September 5
Marks: 
Language: 
English
Document: 
PDF icon 2017-024_005_001_001.pdf
Physical Description: 

5.46 MB of textual record.- 1 statement ; 1. .PDF, 1 .TIFF

rec_shelfloc: 
2017-024-005
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Artwork Collection
Container Number: 
005
Conclusions: 
Storage Method: 

Explanatory note

Publication: 
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English
Master scans folder location: 
Creator: 

Neal Keating, Curator

GMD: 
electronic
textual record
Responsibility: 
Custodial History: 
Start Date: 
2013
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
2013
Style or Pattern: 
Process: 
Date Range: 
2013 September 9
Marks: 
Language: 
English
Document: 
PDF icon 2017-024_005_002_001.pdf
Physical Description: 

5.7 MB of textual record.- statement ; 1 .PDF, 1 .TIFF

rec_shelfloc: 
2017-024-005
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Artwork Collection
Container Number: 
005
Conclusions: 
Storage Method: 

Wall text and art labels

Publication: 
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Standard No: 
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Language: 
English
Master scans folder location: 
Creator: 

Neil Keating

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

GMD: 
electronic
textual record
Responsibility: 
Custodial History: 
Start Date: 
2009
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
2013
Style or Pattern: 
Process: 
Date Range: 
2009 August 16 - 2013 September 12
Marks: 
Language: 
Document: 
Microsoft Office document icon 2017-024_005_003_001.doc
Microsoft Office document icon 2017-024_005_003_002.doc
Microsoft Office document icon 2017-024_005_003_003.doc
Microsoft Office document icon 2017-024_005_003_004.doc
PDF icon 2017-024_005_003_006.pdf
PDF icon 2017-024_005_003_005.pdf
Physical Description: 

1.55 MB of textual record.- 2 .doc, 2 .docx, 2 .PDF

Notes: 

R.G. Miller's "Serving Time at The Mush Hole: Visual Testimony of R. G. Miller-Lahiaaks (Mohawk, Six Nations) — Selected works from Mush Hole Remembered (2008)."opened at the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre on September 12, 2013.

This file contains the wall text accompanying the exhibition.

rec_shelfloc: 
2017-024-005
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Artwork Collection
Container Number: 
005
Conclusions: 
Storage Method: 

List of exhibition art pieces and visusal guide

Language: 
English
Creator: 

Neal Keating

GMD: 
electronic
textual record
Start Date: 
2009
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
2009
Date Range: 
2009 August 16 - 2009 August 20
Language: 
English
Document: 
Microsoft Office document icon 2017-024_005_004_001.doc
PDF icon 2017-024_005_004_002.pdf
Physical Description: 

28.8 MB of textual record.- 2 lists ; 1 .doc, 1 .PDF

Notes: 

R.G. Miller's "Serving Time at The Mush Hole: Visual Testimony of R. G. Miller-Lahiaaks (Mohawk, Six Nations) — Selected works from Mush Hole Remembered (2008)."opened at the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre on September 12, 2013.

*Content/Trigger Warning* This material deals with matters of child abuse, sexual assault of children, and death.

If you are requiring mental health support after viewing this material please contact the 24 hour Indian Residential Schools crisis support line: 1-866-925-4419

rec_shelfloc: 
2017-024-005
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Artwork Collection
Container Number: 
005

R.G. Miller's curriculum vitae

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Language: 
English
Master scans folder location: 
Creator: 

Neal Keating

GMD: 
electronic
textual record
Responsibility: 
Custodial History: 
Start Date: 
2009
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
2009
Style or Pattern: 
Process: 
Date Range: 
2009 August 19
Marks: 
Language: 
Physical Description: 

33 KB of textual record.- 1 curriculum vitae

Notes: 

Due to privacy legislation this content cannot be uploaded on-line.

To ask about viewing this content, or for questions about its content, call: (705)-949-2301 ext 4623

rec_shelfloc: 
2017-024-005
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Artwork Collection
Container Number: 
005
Conclusions: 
Storage Method: 

Correspondence from Neal Keating to the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre, exhibit acquisition

Publication: 
Volume: 
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Issue: 
Standard No: 
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Language: 
English
Master scans folder location: 
Creator: 

Neal Keating

GMD: 
electronic
textual record
Responsibility: 
Custodial History: 
Start Date: 
2009
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
2009
Style or Pattern: 
Process: 
Date Range: 
2009 October 12
Marks: 
Language: 
English, Mohawk
Document: 
Microsoft Office document icon 2017-024_005_006.doc
Physical Description: 

40 KB of textual record.- 1 letter ; .doc

rec_shelfloc: 
2017-024-005
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Artwork Collection
Container Number: 
005
Conclusions: 
Storage Method: 

Original exhibition flyer

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English
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Creator: 

The Woodland Cultural Centre

GMD: 
electronic
textual record
Responsibility: 
Custodial History: 
Start Date: 
2008
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
2008
Style or Pattern: 
Process: 
Date Range: 
2008 October 19 - 2008 December 24
Marks: 
Language: 
English
Document: 
PDF icon 2017-024_005_007.pdf
Physical Description: 

214 KB of textual record.- 1 flyer

Notes: 

Original flyer for R.G. Miller's "Mush Hole Remembered" exhibition at the Woodland Cultural Centre.

rec_shelfloc: 
2017-024-005
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Artwork Collection
Container Number: 
005
Conclusions: 
Storage Method: 

Serving time at the Mush Hole, Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre exhibition poster

Publication: 
Volume: 
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Issue: 
Standard No: 
Scan Date: 
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Language: 
English
Master scans folder location: 
Creator: 

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

GMD: 
electronic
textual record
Responsibility: 
Custodial History: 
Start Date: 
2013
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
2013
Style or Pattern: 
Process: 
Date Range: 
2013 September 16
Marks: 
Language: 
Document: 
PDF icon 2017-024_005_008.pdf
Physical Description: 

370 KB of textual record.- 1 poster

Notes: 

R.G. Miller's "Serving Time at The Mush Hole: Visual Testimony of R. G. Miller-Lahiaaks (Mohawk, Six Nations) — Selected works from Mush Hole Remembered (2008)."opened at the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre on September 12, 2013.

rec_shelfloc: 
2017-024-005
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Artwork Collection
Container Number: 
005
Conclusions: 
Storage Method: 

Photographs from Serving Time at The Mush Hole: Visual Testimony of R. G. Miller-Lahiaaks, Selected works from Mush Hole Remembered

Publication: 
Volume: 
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Issue: 
Standard No: 
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Language: 
English
Master scans folder location: 
Creator: 

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre

GMD: 
electronic
graphic material
Responsibility: 
Custodial History: 
Start Date: 
2013
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
2013
Style or Pattern: 
Process: 
Date Range: 
2013 September 4
Marks: 
Image: 
Language: 
Physical Description: 

74.5 MB of graphic material.- 28 photographs : col. ; (jpeg)

Notes: 

R.G. Miller's "Serving Time at The Mush Hole: Visual Testimony of R. G. Miller-Lahiaaks (Mohawk, Six Nations) — Selected works from Mush Hole Remembered (2008)."opened at the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre on September 12, 2013.

*Content/Trigger Warning* This material deals with matters of child abuse, sexual assault of children, and death.

If you are requiring mental health support after viewing this material please contact the 24 hour Indian Residential Schools crisis support line: 1-866-925-4419

rec_shelfloc: 
2017-024-005
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Artwork Collection
Container Number: 
005
Conclusions: 
Storage Method: 

Photographs of R.G. Miller's individual works

Geographic Access: 
Brantford (Ont.)
Name Access: 
Mohawk Institute (Brantford, Ont.)
Subject Access: 
Indigenous Peoples in North America--Canada--Residential schools
Language: 
English
GMD: 
electronic
graphic material
Start Date: 
2008
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
2008
Date Range: 
2008 October 25
Document: 
PDF icon 2017-024_005_010.pdf
Physical Description: 

31.7 MB of graphic material.- 45 photographs : col. ; (jpeg)

Notes: 

R.G. Miller's "Serving Time at The Mush Hole: Visual Testimony of R. G. Miller-Lahiaaks (Mohawk, Six Nations) — Selected works from Mush Hole Remembered (2008)."opened at the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre on September 12, 2013.

These files are photographs of the original exhibit, Mush Hole Remembered. File has been combined into a PDF.

*Content/Trigger Warning* This material deals with matters of child abuse, sexual assault of children, and death.

If you are requiring mental health support after viewing this material please contact the 24 hour Indian Residential Schools crisis support line: 1-866-925-4419

rec_shelfloc: 
2017-024-005
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Artwork Collection
Container Number: 
005

Video, Reclaiming Lahiaaks

Publication: 
Volume: 
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Issue: 
Standard No: 
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Language: 
English
Master scans folder location: 
Creator: 

Neal Keating

GMD: 
electronic
moving images
Responsibility: 
Custodial History: 
Start Date: 
2013
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
2013
Style or Pattern: 
Process: 
Date Range: 
2013 August 20
Marks: 
Language: 
English, Mohawk
Physical Description: 

1.91 GB of moving images.- 2 .VOB : (36 min., 36 sec.)

Notes: 

Video is an interview with artist R. G. Miller-Lahiaaks, as he talks about his residential school experience and his personal identity. Miller walks around the site of the former Mohawk Institute and speaks about what happened there.

R.G. Miller's "Serving Time at The Mush Hole: Visual Testimony of R. G. Miller-Lahiaaks (Mohawk, Six Nations) — Selected works from Mush Hole Remembered (2008)."opened at the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre on September 12, 2013.

rec_shelfloc: 
2017-024-005
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Artwork Collection
Container Number: 
005
Conclusions: 
Storage Method: 

Mush Hole Remembered, slideshow presentation

Publication: 
Volume: 
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Issue: 
Standard No: 
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Language: 
English
Master scans folder location: 
Creator: 

Neil Keating

GMD: 
electronic
textual record
Responsibility: 
Custodial History: 
Start Date: 
2009
Description Level: 
File
End Date: 
2009
Style or Pattern: 
Process: 
Date Range: 
2009 August 16
Marks: 
Language: 
Document: 
PDF icon 2017-024_005_012.pdf
Physical Description: 

39.2 MB of textual record.- 1 .ppt

Notes: 

R.G. Miller's "Serving Time at The Mush Hole: Visual Testimony of R. G. Miller-Lahiaaks (Mohawk, Six Nations) — Selected works from Mush Hole Remembered (2008)."opened at the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre on September 12, 2013.

*Content/Trigger Warning* This material deals with matters of child abuse, sexual assault of children, and death.

If you are requiring mental health support after viewing this material please contact the 24 hour Indian Residential Schools crisis support line: 1-866-925-4419

rec_shelfloc: 
2017-024-005
Repository: 
Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Accession No: 
Artwork Collection
Container Number: 
005
Conclusions: 
Storage Method: