Black and white photograph

Lakeview Elementary School, Mrs. Heiss' senior class, M'Chigeeng, 1955. Twenty-four children are posed in front of a swing in the schoolyard. Ms. Heiss took over teaching the class after their former teacher, the feared Ms. McNaulty, "dropped dead".

Back row, from right: Alfred Debassige, George Corbiere (aka 'Jumbo'), Peter Debassige (Lewis' brother), Raymond Ace, Levi Debassige, Nancy Debassige, Joyce Corbiere, Agnes Corbiere (behind), unknown, unknown, unknown, Rosemary Debassige, Yvonne Debassige, Mildred Debassige. Front row, from right: Edward Debassige, Nelson Debassige, Phillip Debassige, Melvin Debassige, Clarence Panamick (behind), Lewis Debassige, unknown, Dorothy-Jean Debassige, Gladys Debassige, Marjory Debassige.

School photo

Lewis Debassige

Class photo of Lakeview School students, M'Chigeeng, 1955, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, photograph, grasac_2065. Currently at the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation. Item viewed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip September 2009; GRASAC item id 558.

The information in this entry was told to Crystal Migwans by Lewis Debassige at the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation Sept 18, 2009, in the form of a series of stories relating to each image in the collection. Lewis agreed to share these stories Crystal took notes, using Lewis' exact words where possible, and entered it in the database afterward. These stories were shared with us at the formal request of Cory Wilmott.