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St. Paul’s Indian Residential School (Blood Reserve, Cardston, Alta.)

St. Paul’s Indian Residential School, Blood Reserve,Cardston, AB [Blood Indian Residential School,] 1889-1975, Diocese of Calgary, Authorized Enrollment –25 to 200.

Compiled by General Synod Archives July 24, 2008.

 

  • 1967 Sept. Residential enrolment drops to about 60, less than half the hostel’s capacity, as more native students live at home on the Reserve or in placement homes in Calgary, Drumheller and Vancouver where they attend public high schools. Most boarders are young children who attend elementary school in Magrath.
  • 1969 April 1 Ottawa assumes control of St. Paul’s Student Residence. Staff transfer to government payroll. Anglican chaplaincy service continues.
  • 1975 Hostel closes.
  • 1978 Title to property and former school buildings transferred to local Indian band.
  • 1980s-1990s Kainai Board of Education establishes seven native run day schools, kindergarten to grade 12, including learning centres for special needs children. All incorporate Kainaysinni and lifelong learning into their curricula.
Name Sub-category: 
Residential School

Photograph of the little helpers graduation

Submitted by hogan on Fri, 08/11/2017 - 11:03
Description
Responsibility: 
Start Date: 
1944
End Date: 
1944
Date Range: 
[reproduced 1991 (originally created 1944 October 15)]
Language: 
Physical Description: 

0.1 cm of graphic material.- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 25 cm

Notes: 

St. Paul's Church, Blood Reserve, Cardston, Alta.

Previously known as: P75-103-S7-25

Media
Scan Resolution: 
Scan Date: 
Scale: 
Master scans folder location: 
Bibliographic Information
Publication: 
Volume: 
Issue: 
Standard No: 
Physical Location
Repository: 
srsc
Accession No: 
Anglican Church of Canada General Synod Archives Residential School Photograph Collection
File No: 
073
Container Number: 
002
Legacy Restricted: 
N
Conservation
Custodial History: 
Style or Pattern: 
Process: 
Marks: 
Geographic Access: 
Blood Reserve (Alta.)
Cardston (Alta.)
Description Level: 
File
Language: 
English
Name Access: 
St. Paul’s Indian Residential School (Blood Reserve, Cardston, Alta.)
Conservation-Treatment
Conclusions: 
Storage Method: 
Image: 

Indian record

Submitted by krista on Tue, 11/06/2012 - 11:47
Description
Creator: 

Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Start Date: 
1967
End Date: 
1967
Date Range: 
1967 January - 1967 May
Physical Description: 

0.5 cm of textual record. - 5 issues

Bibliographic Information
Publication: 
Winnipeg : Canadian Publishers Ltd.
Volume: 
XXX
Issue: 
1 - 5
Physical Location
Repository: 
srsc
Accession No: 
Grey Nuns of Montreal collection, Residential school serial publications series
File No: 
028
Shelf Location: 
2012-033-001
Container Number: 
001
Geographic Access: 
Blood Reserve (Alta.)
Cross Lake (Man.)
Elliot Lake (Ont.)
Hobbema (Alb.)
Kahnawake (Que.)
La Loche (Sask.)
Lestock (Sask.)
Penticton Indian Reserve (B.C.)
Walpole Island (Ont.)
Winnipeg (Man.)
Description Level: 
File
Language: 
English and French
GMD: 
graphic material
textual record
Name Access: 
Assiniboia Indian Residential School (Winnipeg, Man.)
Muscowequan Indian Residential School (Lestock, Sask.)
St. Paul’s Indian Residential School (Blood Reserve, Cardston, Alta.)
Image: 
Document: 
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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: 
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Indian record

Submitted by krista on Tue, 11/06/2012 - 10:55
Description
Creator: 

Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Start Date: 
1959
End Date: 
1959
Date Range: 
1959 June - 1959 December
Physical Description: 

0.4 cm of textual record. - 5 issues

Bibliographic Information
Publication: 
Winnipeg : Canadian Publishers Ltd.
Volume: 
XXII
Issue: 
6 - 10
Physical Location
Repository: 
srsc
Accession No: 
Grey Nuns of Montreal collection, Residential school serial publications series
File No: 
014
Shelf Location: 
2012-033-001
Container Number: 
001
Geographic Access: 
Blood Reserve (Alta.)
Cardston (Alta.)
Cluny (Alta.)
Cranbrook (B.C.)
Duck Lake (Sask.)
Fort Albany (Ont.)
Fort Providence (N.W.T.)
Hobbema (Alb.)
Kamloops (B.C.)
Kenora (Ont.)
Lebret (Sask.)
Lower Post (B.C)
Moose Factory (Ont.)
Penelakut First Nation (B.C.)
Shubenacadie (N.S.)
Spanish (Ont.)
Wikwemikong (Ont.)
Williams Lake (B.C.)
Description Level: 
File
Language: 
English and French
GMD: 
graphic material
textual record
Name Access: 
Bishop Horden Memorial School (Moose Factory, Ont.)
Crowfoot Indian Residential School (Cluny, Alta.)
Fort Providence Indian Residential School (Fort Providence, N.W.T.)
Kamloops Indian Residential School (Kamloops, B.C.)
Kuper Island Indian Residential School (Penelakut, B.C.)
Lower Post Indian Residential School (Lower Post, B.C.)
McIntosh Indian Residential School (Kenora, Ont.)
Norway House Roman Catholic Indian Residential School (Cross Lake, Man.)
Pointe Bleue Indian Residential School (Pointe Bleue, Que.)
Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School (Lebret, Sask.)
Shubenacadie Indian Residential School (Shubenacadie, N.S.)
St. Mary's Indian Residential School (Cardston, Alta.)
St. Mary’s Indian Residential School (Kenora, Ont.)
St. Mary's Mission Indain Residential School (Mission, B.C.)
St. Michael's Indian Residential School (Duck Lake, Sask.)
St. Paul’s Indian Residential School (Blood Reserve, Cardston, Alta.)
Williams Lake Indian Residential School (Williams Lake, B.C.)
Image: 
Document: 
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Indian record

Submitted by krista on Tue, 11/06/2012 - 10:49
Description
Creator: 

Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Start Date: 
1958
End Date: 
1958
Date Range: 
1958 January - 1958 May
Physical Description: 

0.4 cm of textual record. - 5 issues

Bibliographic Information
Publication: 
Winnipeg : Canadian Publishers Ltd.
Volume: 
XXI
Issue: 
1 - 6
Physical Location
Repository: 
srsc
Accession No: 
Grey Nuns of Montreal collection, Residential school serial publications series
File No: 
011
Shelf Location: 
2012-033-001
Container Number: 
001
Geographic Access: 
Algoma (Ont. : District)
Blood Reserve (Alta.)
Brandon (Man.)
Brocket (Alta.)
Cardston (Alta.)
Cranbrook (B.C.)
Fort St. James (B.C.)
Fraser Lake (B.C.)
Grouard (Alta.)
Hobbema (Alb.)
Kamloops (B.C.)
Kenora (Ont.)
Lebret (Sask.)
Onion Lake (Sask.)
Penelakut First Nation (B.C.)
Sechelt (B.C.)
Shubenacadie (N.S.)
Winnipeg (Man.)
Description Level: 
File
Language: 
English and French
GMD: 
graphic material
textual record
Name Access: 
Brandon Industrial School (Brandon, Man.)
Ermineskin Indian Residenital School (Hobbema, Alta.)
Kamloops Indian Residential School (Kamloops, B.C.)
Kuper Island Indian Residential School (Penelakut, B.C.)
Lejac Indian Residential School (Fraser Lake, BC)
Norway House Roman Catholic Indian Residential School (Cross Lake, Man.)
Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School (Lebret, Sask.)
Sechlet Indian Residential School (Sechlet, B.C.)
St. Anthony's Indian Residential School (Onion Lake, Sask.)
St. Mary's Indian Residential School (Cardston, Alta.)
St. Mary’s Indian Residential School (Kenora, Ont.)
St. Paul’s Indian Residential School (Blood Reserve, Cardston, Alta.)
Williams Lake Indian Residential School (Williams Lake, B.C.)
Image: 
Document: 
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Indian missionary record

Submitted by krista on Tue, 11/06/2012 - 10:17
Description
Creator: 

Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

Start Date: 
1953
End Date: 
1953
Date Range: 
1953 February - 1953 December
Physical Description: 

0.5 cm of textual record. - 5 issues

Bibliographic Information
Publication: 
Ottawa : Le Droit
Volume: 
XVI
Physical Location
Repository: 
srsc
Accession No: 
Grey Nuns of Montreal collection, Residential school serial publications series
File No: 
002
Shelf Location: 
2012-033-001
Container Number: 
001
Geographic Access: 
Beauval (Sask.)
Cardston (Alta.)
Cluny (Alta.)
Cranbrook (B.C.)
Duck Lake (Sask.)
Fort Alexander (Man.)
Fort Frances (Ont.)
Hobbema (Alb.)
Kenora (Ont.)
Lebret (Sask.)
Maniwaki (Que.)
Spanish (Ont.)
Wikwemikong (Ont.)
Description Level: 
File
Language: 
English and French
GMD: 
graphic material
textual record
Name Access: 
Beauval Indian Residential School (Beauval, Sask.)
Blue Quills Indian Residential School (St. Paul, Alta.)
Crowfoot Indian Residential School (Cluny, Alta.)
Ermineskin Indian Residenital School (Hobbema, Alta.)
McIntosh Indian Residential School (Kenora, Ont.)
Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School (Lebret, Sask.)
St. Marc's Indian Residential School (Amos, Que.)
St. Mary’s Indian Residential School (Kenora, Ont.)
St. Paul’s Indian Residential School (Blood Reserve, Cardston, Alta.)
Image: 
Document: 
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Dolly Creighton fonds

Submitted by admin on Sat, 01/08/2011 - 16:36
Description
Start Date: 
1891
End Date: 
1954
Date Range: 
[Digitized 2005 (originally created 1891-1895, 1912-1916, 1954)]
Physical Description: 

829 MB of graphic material. - 89 photographs : b&w ; (tiff)

Arrangement: 
Thematically by item type
History Biographical: 

Adelaide (Dolly Creighton) is a member of the Blood Tribe (Kainai) in Southern Alberta. She is the mother of three children and a grandmother of six. She has a background in nursing, social work, community health, mental health therapy, community development, and personal growth development. In March 2003 she completed her studies as a Master Practitioner in Psycho-somatic Therapy. Dolly has also studied Reiki, crystal light therapy, and hypno-therapy.

Scope Content: 

Fonds comprises photographs of the people, buildings, and activities at the Blood Reserve in Alberta, Canada. Fonds also includes photographs students at St. Paul's Anglican Mission.

Repository: 
srsc
Admin
Custodial History: 

From Dolly Creighton, previously held by the Red Crow Community College. RSC only holds digital copies of these images.

Access Restriction: 

Some restrictions may apply. A set of photographs depicting a sacred ceremony have restricted access and are not available online.

Repro Restriction: 

Permission of the donor is required for reproduction where applicable. Researchers must adhere to applicable copyright law and privacy legislation and permission of the copyright holder is required to publish from the fonds.

Conservation: 

Basic conservation performed during processing.

GMD: 
graphic material
Geographic Access: 
Blood Reserve (Alta.)
Description Level: 
Fonds
Name Access: 
St. Paul’s Indian Residential School (Blood Reserve, Cardston, Alta.)

Photograph of St. Paul's Residential School in Cardston, Alberta

Submitted by admin on Sat, 01/08/2011 - 15:58
Description
Start Date: 
1940
End Date: 
1949
Date Range: 
[reproduced 1991 (originally created [194-])]
Physical Description: 

0.1 cm of graphic material 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Physical Location
Repository: 
srsc
Accession No: 
Anglican Church of Canada General Synod Archives Residential School Photograph Collection
File No: 
136
Shelf Location: 
2010-007-003
Container Number: 
002
Legacy Restricted: 
N
Geographic Access: 
Cardston (Alta.)
Description Level: 
File
GMD: 
graphic material
Name Access: 
St. Paul’s Indian Residential School (Blood Reserve, Cardston, Alta.)
Image: 

Photograph of St. Paul's Residential School in Cardston, side view

Submitted by admin on Sat, 01/08/2011 - 15:58
Description
Start Date: 
1930
End Date: 
1945
Date Range: 
[reproduced 1991 (originally created [193-])]
Physical Description: 

0.1 cm of graphic material 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm

Physical Location
Repository: 
srsc
Accession No: 
Anglican Church of Canada General Synod Archives Residential School Photograph Collection
File No: 
135
Shelf Location: 
2010-007-003
Container Number: 
002
Legacy Restricted: 
N
Geographic Access: 
Cardston (Alta.)
Description Level: 
File
GMD: 
graphic material
Name Access: 
St. Paul’s Indian Residential School (Blood Reserve, Cardston, Alta.)
Image: 

Photograph of Lord Tweedmuir's visit

Submitted by admin on Sat, 01/08/2011 - 15:58
Description
Start Date: 
1936
End Date: 
1936
Date Range: 
[reproduced 1991 (originally created 1936 September 8)]
Physical Description: 

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

Notes: 

St. Paul's Residential School, Cardston, Alta.

From the General Synod Archives: "Lord Tweedsmuir's visit to Blood School. Left to right in front: Chief Cross Child, Chief Shot Both Sides, Governor-General Lord Tweedsmuir, Chief Red Crow; Left to right in back: Chief Tail Feathers, Canon Middleton, John Pugh, Chief Creighton. -- September 8, 1936"

Previously known as P7538-1148

Physical Location
Repository: 
srsc
Accession No: 
Anglican Church of Canada General Synod Archives Residential School Photograph Collection
File No: 
072
Shelf Location: 
2010-007-002
Container Number: 
002
Legacy Restricted: 
N
Geographic Access: 
Blood Reserve (Alta.)
Description Level: 
File
GMD: 
graphic material
Name Access: 
St. Paul’s Indian Residential School (Blood Reserve, Cardston, Alta.)
Image: