Colville girls singing in choir, St. Mary's Mission School, Omak, Washington, 1959

Description: 

Two nuns (one at piano) lead a choir of girls with heads covered, wearing 'sunday dresses' Note from unidentified source: Two sisters and a group of Indian girls identified as the choir, taken in 1959

Location: 
Location Description: 

United States--Washington (State)--Omak

Community: 
University of Washington Libraries, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
Protocol: 
Colville Community Public Access, University of Washington Libraries Public Access
Category: 
Lifeways, Religion, Education
Collections: 
American Indians of the PNW (Images)
Original Date: 
1959
Rights: 
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/; http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/copyrights.html
Source: 
Ardin A. Sallquist; University of Washington Libraries; Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture; Special Collections
Identifier: 
L97-10.9
Subject: 
Group portraits--Washington (State), Colville Indians--Children, Colville Indians--Education, Colville Indians--Spiritual life, Choirs (Music)--Washington (State), Nuns--Washington (State), St. Mary's Mission School (Omak, Wash.)
Type: 
Photograph, Image
Format: 
Image/JPEG