The former Portage la Prairie was designated as a national historic site in 2020.
"This is the oldest existing example in Manitoba of a system of boarding schools for Aboriginal children which was created across Canada between 1883-1960."
Built...
"This is the oldest existing example in Manitoba of a system of boarding schools for Aboriginal children which was created across Canada between 1883-1960."
Built...
The former Portage la Prairie was designated as a national historic site in 2020.
"This is the oldest existing example in Manitoba of a system of boarding schools for Aboriginal children which was created across Canada between 1883-1960."
Built in 1914, the former residential school is located on Keeshkeemaquah Reserve.
The school was closed in 1975 and since then, the building and its surrounding lands were transferred to Long Plain First Nation.
It has been renamed as the Rufus Prince Building, to honor a survivor of the school system who served in the Second World War and later became chief of Long Plain First Nation and vice-president of the Manitoba Indian Brotherhood.
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"This is the oldest existing example in Manitoba of a system of boarding schools for Aboriginal children which was created across Canada between 1883-1960."
Built in 1914, the former residential school is located on Keeshkeemaquah Reserve.
The school was closed in 1975 and since then, the building and its surrounding lands were transferred to Long Plain First Nation.
It has been renamed as the Rufus Prince Building, to honor a survivor of the school system who served in the Second World War and later became chief of Long Plain First Nation and vice-president of the Manitoba Indian Brotherhood.
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