All Images – First Nations

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Images with the accession 1986.229 are part of the Denzil Ridout fonds.

Images with the accession 1993.049 are part of the From Mission to Partnership Photograph collection.

Images with the accession 1996.095 are part of the United Church of Canada. Division of Mission in Canada fonds.

Images with the accession 1998.165 are part of the Bessie French fonds.

661 images
A group of five cannery workers stands as R.C. Scott sits on a barrel before them.

[Rev. R.C. Scott with a group of cannery workers]

[1932]

First Nation: Unidentified

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-378
A group of five cannery workers stands as R.C. Scott sits on a barrel before them.

[Rev. R.C. Scott with a group of cannery workers]

[1932]

First Nation: Unidentified

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-379
Captain Scott stands with a cannery worker on a dock. A boat is visible behind them.

[Rev. Scott with a cannery worker]

[1932]

First Nation: Unidentified

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-380
Cannery workers stand by Boswell Cannery on the boardwalk. Some workers are on a boat.

[Group of cannery workers by Boswell Cannery]

[1932]

First Nation: Unidentified

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-381
A group of nine Indigenous individuals stand with Captain Scott on the harbour by cannery.

[Outside cannery : Rev. R.C. Scott with a group of Indigenous adults, youths, and children]

[1932]

First Nation: Unidentified

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-382
Inside Klemtu United Church, a Tsimshian congregation is seated. In the foreground of the photo, Mary Alexee Edgar, wife of Rev. George Edgar sits, first row, third from left. Captain R.C. Scott stands at the back.

[Church service, Klemtu United Church]

[1932]

First Nation: Kitasoo/Xai'xai

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-383
A white individual in their fifties, identified as Captain R.C. Scott, stands with an older Indigenous individual, likely Mary Alexee Edgar, wife of Rev. George Edgar. They stand within a gated enclosing next to a flower bed and a tombstone, possibly belonging to Rev. Edgar.

[Rev. R.C. Scott and Mary Ann Edgar stand by a grave]

[1932]

First Nation: Unidentified

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-384
Three Indigenous youth stand with an Indigenous child in front of a home.

[Indigenous youth and child]

[1932]

First Nation: Unidentified

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-385
Rev. Scott is standing with one foot on bottom step and looking down at his hands. Four Indigenous youth are standing at the top of the stairs in front of house.

[Rev. R.C. Scott standing on front steps of a home before a group of Indigenous youth]

[1932]

First Nation: Unidentified

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-386
Three Indigenous youth wearing dresses are standing on stairs in front of a house.

[Three Indigenous youth stand on front steps of home]

[1932]

First Nation: Unidentified

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-387
Captain R.C. Scott holds a package while posing alongside a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer on a boardwalk.

[Rev. R.C. Scott and RCMP officer, Namu]

[1932]

First Nation: Unidentified

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-388
Two Indigenous children are standing in front of their mother, holding two large caught fish. Two others are behind them.

[Mother and two children holding caught fish]

[1932]

First Nation: Unidentified

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-389
Two Indigenous cannery worlers wearing long white coats are each holding caught fish outdoors on a boardwalk.

[Cannery workers holding caught fish]

[1932]

First Nation: Unidentified

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-390
Rev. R.C. Scott is reaching over dock rails to grab papers from staff of the D.B.M. ship. A person is watching from top deck.

[Rev. R.C. Scott receives papers from staff of the D.B.M. ship]

[1932]

First Nation: Unidentified

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-391
Rev. R.C. Scott with his arms full of papers is walking among tall trees with his son walking behind him

[Rev. R.C. Scott and Bob Scott walk through woods]

[1932]

First Nation: Unidentified

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-392
Fallen trees and moss are in the forefront with standing trees in the back.

[Woods]

[1932]

First Nation: Unidentified

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-393
Three Indigenous youth are on beachrock with one sitting on driftwood. Boat is visible in the water behind them.

[Indigenous youth on beachrock]

[1932]

First Nation: Unidentified

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-405
An Indigenous family of eight are posed outdoors. Four are sitting on logs while four are standing behind them.

[Indigenous family]

[1932]

First Nation: Unidentified

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-406
Captain Oliver is kneeling on the deck of the missionary boat, Thomas Crosby and leaning on rail while an Indigenous youth is standing with her foot on boat knot on the wharf.

[Capt. Oliver on a docked Thomas Crosby III while an Indigenous child walks down the boardwalk]

[1932]

First Nation: Unidentified

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-410
Two older white men, Capt. Rev. R.C. Scott and Capt. William Oliver, stand aboard a boat. On the pier before them, an unidentified Indigenous child stands.

[The new boat to be called the Udal]

[1932]

First Nation: Unidentified

Photographer: [Denzil G. Ridout]

This photograph forms part of an album. See also Denzil Ridout's personal papers (Fonds 3220).

UCCA, 1986.229P/5-413