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Mohawk Institute (Brantford, Ont.)

Mohawk Institute, Brantford, ON, [Mohawk Institute Residential School, Mohawk Manual Labour School, Mush Hole Indian Residential School], 1831-1970, Diocese of Huron, Authorized Enrollment – 15 to 185. Residential School funded and administered by the New England Company. Compiled by General Synod Archives July 24, 2008.

 

  • 1969 April 1 Government assumes complete control of school.
  • 1970 June 30 School closes. Most of the children in residence are from the north where new day schools have been constructed at their reserves. Only 23 students from Six Nations are in attendance this final year. By agreement with Six Nations Council, the government keeps a small staff to care for few remaining children kept in the hostel until foster care can be provided. School is finally vacated March 31, 1971 and building offered to Six Nations. Remaining school lands—a large part NEC claims title to—is ultimately returned to the Reserve.
  • 1972 October Native run Woodland Cultural Centre opens at the former school site. Old building is renovated for administrative offices and a research centre and new museum is constructed adjacent to it. The museum is dedicated to the history and culture of the Iroquoian and Algonkian peoples and offers gallery space for special art and historical exhibitions.
Name Sub-category: 
Residential School

Photographs of R.G. Miller's individual works

Submitted by hogan on Fri, 07/21/2017 - 09:02
Description
Start Date: 
2008
End Date: 
2008
Date Range: 
2008 October 25
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

Physical Location
Repository: 
srsc
Accession No: 
Artwork Collection
File No: 
010
Container Number: 
005
Subject Access: 
Indigenous Peoples in North America--Canada--Residential schools
Geographic Access: 
Brantford (Ont.)
Description Level: 
File
Language: 
English
GMD: 
electronic
graphic material
Name Access: 
Mohawk Institute (Brantford, Ont.)
Document: 
PDF icon 2017-024_005_010.pdf

Robert Gary Miller series

Submitted by hogan on Thu, 07/20/2017 - 14:08
Description
Start Date: 
2013
End Date: 
2013
Date Range: 
2013 September - 2013 October
Creator: 

Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre, R.G. Miller

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
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
Admin
Custodial History: 

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

Access Restriction: 

No restrictions on access.

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.

Conservation: 

Minor conservation preformed on series.

Location Original: 

Digital born content.

GMD: 
electronic
graphic material
moving images
textual record
Geographic Access: 
Brantford (Ont.)
Description Level: 
Series
Subject Access: 
Indigenous Peoples in North America--Canada--Residential schools
Name Access: 
Mohawk Institute (Brantford, Ont.)
Language: 
English

Indian record

Submitted by krista on Tue, 11/06/2012 - 11:08
Description
Creator: 

Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Start Date: 
1961
End Date: 
1961
Date Range: 
1961 January - 1961 April
Physical Description: 

0.4 cm of textual record. - 4 issues

Bibliographic Information
Publication: 
Winnipeg : Canadian Publishers Ltd.
Volume: 
XXIV
Issue: 
1 - 4
Physical Location
Repository: 
srsc
Accession No: 
Grey Nuns of Montreal collection, Residential school serial publications series
File No: 
017
Shelf Location: 
2012-033-001
Container Number: 
001
Geographic Access: 
Aklavik (N.W.T.)
Beauval (Sask.)
Blood Reserve (Alta.)
Brantford (Ont.)
Brocket (Alta.)
Cardston (Alta.)
Couchiching First Nation (Ont.)
Fort Frances (Ont.)
Fort McPherson (N.W.T.)
Fort Simpson (N.W.T)
Fort Smith (N.W.T.)
Hobbema (Alb.)
Inuvik (N.W.T)
Kenora (Ont.)
Lower Post (B.C)
Shoal Lake First Nation (Ont.)
Williams Lake (B.C.)
Winnipeg (Man.)
Description Level: 
File
Language: 
English and French
GMD: 
graphic material
textual record
Name Access: 
Assumption Indian Residential School (Hay Lakes, Alta.)
Beauval Indian Residential School (Beauval, Sask.)
Blue Quills Indian Residential School (St. Paul, Alta.)
Bompas Hall Indian Residential School (Fort Simpson, N.W.T.)
Breynat Hall (Fort Smith, N.W.T.)
Chesterfield Inlet Indian Residential School (Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut)
Ermineskin Indian Residenital School (Hobbema, Alta.)
Fort McPherson Indian Residential School (Fort McPherson, N.W.T.)
Grollier Hall (Inuvik, N.W.T)
McIntosh Indian Residential School (Kenora, Ont.)
Mohawk Institute (Brantford, Ont.)
Pointe Bleue Indian Residential School (Pointe Bleue, Que.)
St. Paul’s Indian Residential School (Blood Reserve, Cardston, Alta.)
Williams Lake Indian Residential School (Williams Lake, B.C.)
Image: 
Document: 
PDF icon 2012-33_001_017_pdf1.pdf
PDF icon 2012-33_001_017_pdf2.pdf
PDF icon 2012-33_001_017_pdf3.pdf
PDF icon 2012-33_001_017_pdf4.pdf

Mohawk Institute photo album

Submitted by krista on Wed, 03/02/2011 - 15:44
Description
Start Date: 
2012
End Date: 
2012
Date Range: 
2012
Physical Description: 

3.47 MB of graphic material

Physical Location
Repository: 
srsc
Accession No: 
Shingwauk Project collection (Residential school photo album series)
File No: 
003
Shelf Location: 
2011-019-001
Container Number: 
001
Geographic Access: 
Brantford (Ont.)
Description Level: 
File
GMD: 
electronic
Name Access: 
Mohawk Institute (Brantford, Ont.)
Document: 
PDF icon Mohawk Institute

Photograph of the Mohawk Institute

Submitted by admin on Sat, 01/08/2011 - 15:58
Description
Start Date: 
1943
End Date: 
1943
Date Range: 
[reproduced 1991 (originally created 1943)]
Language: 
English
Physical Description: 

0.1 cm of graphic material. - 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Notes: 

Brantford, ON

Previously known as GS-75-103-S4-50

Physical Location
Repository: 
srsc
Accession No: 
Anglican Church of Canada General Synod Archives Residential School Photograph Collection
File No: 
102
Shelf Location: 
2010-007-001
Container Number: 
001
Legacy Restricted: 
N
Geographic Access: 
Brantford (Ont.)
Description Level: 
File
Language: 
All material is in English.
GMD: 
graphic material
Name Access: 
Mohawk Institute (Brantford, Ont.)
Image: 

Photograph of students farming

Submitted by admin on Sat, 01/08/2011 - 15:58
Description
Start Date: 
1943
End Date: 
1943
Date Range: 
[reproduced 1991 (originally created 1943)]
Physical Description: 

0.1 cm of graphic material. - 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Notes: 

Mohawk Institute, Brantford, ON

Previously known as P75-103-S4-50

Physical Location
Repository: 
srsc
Accession No: 
Anglican Church of Canada General Synod Archives Residential School Photograph Collection
File No: 
101
Shelf Location: 
2010-007-001
Container Number: 
001
Legacy Restricted: 
N
Geographic Access: 
Brantford (Ont.)
Description Level: 
File
GMD: 
graphic material
Name Access: 
Mohawk Institute (Brantford, Ont.)
Image: 

Photograph of students working in the garden

Submitted by admin on Sat, 01/08/2011 - 15:58
Description
Start Date: 
1943
End Date: 
1943
Date Range: 
[reproduced 1991 (originally created 1943)]
Physical Description: 

0.1 cm of graphic material. - 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Notes: 

Mohawk Institute, Brantford, ON

Previously known as GS-75-103-S4-505

Physical Location
Repository: 
srsc
Accession No: 
Anglican Church of Canada General Synod Archives Residential School Photograph Collection
File No: 
100
Shelf Location: 
2010-007-001
Container Number: 
001
Legacy Restricted: 
N
Geographic Access: 
Brantford (Ont.)
Description Level: 
File
GMD: 
graphic material
Name Access: 
Mohawk Institute (Brantford, Ont.)
Image: 

Mohawk Indian Residential School medical and accounts records

Submitted by admin on Sat, 01/08/2011 - 15:57
Description
Start Date: 
1922
End Date: 
1933
Date Range: 
[reproduced 1990 (originally created 1922-1933)]
Physical Description: 

.1 cm of textual records

Notes: 

RG 10, volume 6206, file 466-13, part 1. Six Nations Agency - Mohawk Residential School -(Medical Records - Supplies, Accounts). 1922-1933.

Physical Location
Repository: 
Residential School Centre
Accession No: 
Indian Affairs collection
File No: 
059
Shelf Location: 
2010-006-003
Container Number: 
003
Legacy Restricted: 
N
Geographic Access: 
Brantford (Ont.)
Description Level: 
File
GMD: 
textual record
Name Access: 
Mohawk Institute (Brantford, Ont.)

Mohawk Indian Residential School admissions and discharges records

Submitted by admin on Sat, 01/08/2011 - 15:57
Description
Start Date: 
1949
End Date: 
1950
Date Range: 
[reproduced 1990 (originally created 1949-1950)]
Physical Description: 

.2 cm of textual records

Notes: 

RG 10, volume 6206, file 466-10, part 6. Six Nations Agency - Mohawk Residential School - Admissions & Discharges. 1949-1950

Physical Location
Repository: 
srsc
Accession No: 
Indian Affairs collection
File No: 
058
Shelf Location: 
2010-006-003
Container Number: 
003
Legacy Restricted: 
N
Geographic Access: 
Brantford (Ont.)
Description Level: 
File
GMD: 
textual record
Name Access: 
Mohawk Institute (Brantford, Ont.)
Document: 
PDF icon Admissions and discharges, 1949-1950

Mohawk Indian Residential School maintenance and accounts records

Submitted by admin on Sat, 01/08/2011 - 15:57
Description
Start Date: 
1948
End Date: 
1949
Date Range: 
[reproduced 1990 (originally created 1948-1949)]
Physical Description: 

.5 cm of textual records

Notes: 

RG 10, volume 6201, file 466-5, part 6. Six Nations Agency - Mohawk Residential School - Building Maintenance - Accounts - Supplies. 1948-1949.

Bibliographic Information
Standard No: 
466-5
Physical Location
Repository: 
srsc
Accession No: 
Indian Affairs collection
File No: 
057
Shelf Location: 
2010-006-003
Container Number: 
003
Legacy Restricted: 
N
Geographic Access: 
Brantford (Ont.)
Description Level: 
File
GMD: 
textual record
Name Access: 
Mohawk Institute (Brantford, Ont.)
Document: 
PDF icon Maintenance and accounts records, 1948-1949