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At the Toronto Indian Centre, James Dumont, 26, left, chats with Daphne Johnston, Joseph Hare, director of the centre, and Marie Sylvester Dumont, an Ojibway from Shawanaga near Parry Sound, earned a divinity degree but took a post at the centre on Beverley St. instead of becoming a United Church minister because he considers the Christian church has tried to suppress the Indians' native culture.
At the Toronto Indian Centre, James Dumont, 26, left, chats with Daphne Johnston, Joseph Hare, director of the centre, and Marie Sylvester Dumont, an Ojibway from Shawanaga near Parry Sound, earned a divinity degree but took a post at the centre on Beverley St. instead of becoming a United Church minister because he considers the Christian church has tried to suppress the Indians' native culture.

At the Toronto Indian Centre, James Dumont, 26, left, chats with Daphne Johnston, Joseph Hare, director of the centre, and Marie Sylvester Dumont, an Ojibway from Shawanaga near Parry Sound, earned a divinity degree but took a post at the centre on Beverley St. instead of becoming a United Church minister because he considers the Christian church has tried to suppress the Indians' native culture.

Date5/28/1971
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Ojibway Schoolgirls Mabel Mandomin (left), 21, in native costume, and Karen Lavallee, 18, work at their costume-making course in Native Indian Centre (...)
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Indian History Film Project, Hettie Sylvester, Ojibway/Metis
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Author of Slovaks in Kirschhaum considers his writings about communism a moronto his native land as well as Canada.
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Members of the Shawanaga Reserve are seen here busily engaged in picking the tiny fruit, 25 miles north of Parry Sound on Georgian Bay
Members of the Shawanaga Reserve are seen here busily engaged in picking the tiny fruit, 25 miles north of Parry Sound on Georgian Bay
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Showcasing native art. The Canadian Native Arts Foundation helps artists such as Mary Anne Barkhouse, right, bring their Indian culture to life
Showcasing native art. The Canadian Native Arts Foundation helps artists such as Mary Anne Barkhouse, right, bring their Indian culture to life
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Daniel Drache charges that reforms at U of T don't give students any real power. He made his charges in a report on the structure of university departments. He charges a U ot T group tried to suppress report.
Daniel Drache charges that reforms at U of T don't give students any real power. He made his charges in a report on the structure of university departments. He charges a U ot T group tried to suppress report.
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In foreground, a man and woman look towards a flame rising from a candle holder held jointly be ...
The hindu puja ceremony of blessing is performed outside a former Baptist Church on Indian Rd., in the High Park area, by Veerendra Adhiya and his wife, Kusum, to take possession of the building. It will be a community centre for Metro's 20,000 Indians, including a Hindu temple in the basement.
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Drumming up support, Liberal leadership candidate and Indian Affairs Minister John Munro, left, chats with Liberals Jack Price, centre, and Clem Neima(...)
Drumming up support, Liberal leadership candidate and Indian Affairs Minister John Munro, left, chats with Liberals Jack Price, centre, and Clem Neima(...)
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Most of the burden of Indians coming to Toronto falls on the Native Canadian Centre on Spadina Rd
Most of the burden of Indians coming to Toronto falls on the Native Canadian Centre on Spadina Rd
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