Georgina Reserve

Order Reproduction

Georgina Reserve

Date7/23/1988

Names

Slaughter, Mike (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Georgina Reserve: Idyllic scene on the Chippewa Indian reserve on an island in Lake Simcoe masks severe water pollution problems that have band leaders fearing for the health of children. They want a new filtration system.

Subject

Indigenous peoples

Medium

Photographs

Language

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0024046F

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Undeveloped island is seen in background as Ted and Raymond Trumble head home after a day fishing on Lake Simcoe's Georgina island

Undeveloped island is seen in background as Ted and Raymond Trumble head home after a day fishing on Lake Simcoe's Georgina island

6/20/1964

Georgina Island

Georgina Island

1955-07

Sharing: Sherman and Becky Butier dance at Georgina's first powwow at opening of First Nations Study centre at Sutton District High School

Sharing: Sherman and Becky Butier dance at Georgina's first powwow at opening of First Nations Study centre at Sutton District High School

6/5/1993

Six Nations Reserve stages gala pow wow: Justine Smoke, 5, of the Six Nations Reserve shows off her finery at the Grand River Champion of Champions pow wow on the weekend, which drew native dancers from across Canada and the United States, who vied for prize money totaling $16,000.

Six Nations Reserve stages gala pow wow: Justine Smoke, 5, of the Six Nations Reserve shows off her finery at the Grand River Champion of Champions pow wow on the weekend, which drew native dancers from across Canada and the United States, who vied for prize money totaling $16,000.

7/24/1987

Travel woes: A Beechcraft seaplane is the only fast way to get to the Lac La Croix Ojibway Indian reserve in the summer - but it's expensive so reserve residents usually try to hitch a ride

Travel woes: A Beechcraft seaplane is the only fast way to get to the Lac La Croix Ojibway Indian reserve in the summer - but it's expensive so reserve residents usually try to hitch a ride

7/25/1984

The Rama Reserve, near Orilia, has opened an Ojibwa version of a pioneer village with 14 teepees

The Rama Reserve, near Orilia, has opened an Ojibwa version of a pioneer village with 14 teepees

7/7/1987

Community worker helped organize volunteers who began patrols of reserve

Community worker helped organize volunteers who began patrols of reserve

4/4/1985

The people of Collins, mostly Ojibwa Indians from reserves farther north, admit that alcoholism curses many families in their midst

The people of Collins, mostly Ojibwa Indians from reserves farther north, admit that alcoholism curses many families in their midst

8/3/1987

Six Nations Reserve stages gala pow wow

Six Nations Reserve stages gala pow wow

7/24/1987

Oldest resident remembers when Mississaugas had their own reserve

Oldest resident remembers when Mississaugas had their own reserve

5/14/1930

Indian Chiefs (Réserve indienne de Caughnawaga, Québec)

Indian Chiefs (Réserve indienne de Caughnawaga, Québec)

1860

Back from ruin: People on the northern Ojibwa reserve of Grassy Narrows are breaking away from their violent past by banning alcohol

Back from ruin: People on the northern Ojibwa reserve of Grassy Narrows are breaking away from their violent past by banning alcohol

4/3/1995