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Re-opening of M'Chigeeng Daycare Centre, 1982
Re-opening of M'Chigeeng Daycare Centre, 1982
Re-opening of M'Chigeeng Daycare Centre, 1982
Photograph of Lewis Debassige speaking at the re-opening of M'Chigeeng Daycare Centre, M'Chigeeng, Ontario, 1982. Also pictured, from left: John Lane, Victor Migwans, Bill Davis. Taken by Kim Corbiere, an employee with the Board of Education, to document the re-opening event of the daycare.
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Colour photograph
Lewis Debassige, a band councilor and chairman of education board at the time, speaks at the re-opening event of the M'Chigeeng Daycare Centre after renovations. Original opening 1973. Behind Lewis is Premier Bill Davis, on the left in front is Victor Migwans (also a band councilor) and at far left is John Lane.
Lewis Debassige
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Taken by Kim Corbiere, an employee with the Board of Education, to document the re-opening event of the daycare.
About This GRASAC Record
Kim Corbiere, Re-opening of M'Chigeeng Daycare Centre, 1982, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, photograph, grasac_2053. Currently at the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation. Item viewed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip September 2009; GRASAC item id 1022.
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.