Archival photographs in perspective: Indian residential school images of health

“This Year Book...has been entirely produced by staff and students”: Indigenous Youth, Indian Schooling, and Historical Production in the Northwest Territories, 1959-71

“…88 Building on Farrell Racette's work, Krista McCracken argues that it mattered who was behind the camera because students took different kinds of pictures of their peers than staff or professional photographers did. 89 Comparing photographs depicting recreation at Ontario residential schools, McCracken argues that official photographs tended to be of groups of students, "posed in specific ways in order to create images of order and discipline," while "student-generated images often focus on individuals or small groups outside or in non-classroom spaces, such as the arena, gardens, or indoor recreation space." 90 It is possible that school administrators reviewed yearbooks.…”

“…89 Comparing photographs depicting recreation at Ontario residential schools, McCracken argues that official photographs tended to be of groups of students, "posed in specific ways in order to create images of order and discipline," while "student-generated images often focus on individuals or small groups outside or in non-classroom spaces, such as the arena, gardens, or indoor recreation space." 90 It is possible that school administrators reviewed yearbooks. Certainly, it was common practice for principals and vice-principals to write messages for inclusion in the opening pages (figure 2), though only rarely did they reference the yearbook directly, raising questions about whether they had seen the contents of the annual before it went to press.…”