Administrée par les oblats, en fonction entre 1893 – les années 1970
La mission à Lac la Biche fut établie dans les années 1850, suivie par une école pour les enfants autochtones. Les missionnaires catholiques-romains établiront un pensionnat à Lac la Biche en 1891, qui deviendra l’école résidentielle connue comme Notre-Dame des Victoires (ou l’école de la mission Lac la Biche). Ceci fonctionna entre 1893 et 1898, quand l’école déménagea à Saddle Lake et changea de nom en Blue Quills. L’école résidentielle changea encore une fois d’emplacement en 1931, près de St. Paul, AB. L’école fut administrée par les oblats jusque dans les années 1970, quand elle devint la première école résidentielle canadienne contrôlée par les Premières nations.

La sous-série porte sur les écoles catholiques suivantes : McLeod, Brosseau, Cold Lake, Fort Kent, Fort Vermilion, Grand Centre, Gurneyville, Lac-la-Biche (École St. Catherine), École secondaire de Legal, Pickardville, Pincher Creek, Saint-Edouard, Trochu – District scolaire Pontmain, Bonnyville, École secondaire de St. Albert.

La sous-série est constituée de dossiers de maintenance et construction, de la correspondance générale, de la correspondance avec le conseil d’école et des procès-verbaux, des rapports financiers et dossiers de subventions, des rapports du progrès académique, des registres de comptes d’étudiants, des registres de présence et d’inscriptions, des annuaires, des dossiers du personnel d’école, des contrats et dossiers de vente, des inventaires et des photographies.

The accession includes residential school registers and reports, on microfilm, submitted to the Provincial government in the pre and post war period. In some instances, attendance records indicate a child’s death with a notation of the cause. Children’s names are occasionally organized by ‘Treaty’ or ‘Non-Treaty’ designation.

The records include files relevant to the following schools: Lac La Biche Mission School, Atikameg school, St Augustine (Shaftsbury/ Peace River mission school), Wabasca school, St. John’s (Anglican Wabasca school), Desmarais school, Holy Angels (Fort Chipewyan mission school), and St Francis Xavier (Sturgeon Lake/ Calais mission school). All records include a description of the school’s grounds and outbuildings.

These records also contain teacher reports, student attendance, and hiring information for schools across Alberta.

Various dates ranging from around the 1940s-1960s
This file contains slides of various subjects. The slides include some photos from St Anthony’s Residential School and Saddle Lake School (Saddle Lake School photos appear to be from 1960s).

This file contains photos relating to Residential Schools—some schools are not identified, some are labelled as SAS (likely Saint Anthony School at Onion Lake), and some are labelled as St Paul Industrial School.

This item includes photos relating to a variety of Residential Schools. Photos include children from “St Albert School” (1933-1937), the Youville Residential School building, Onion Lake school (1928), Hobbema (Ermineskin) (no date, 1934?), and potentially the school in Lac la Biche (Blue Quills) (1925?).

This album contains photos from various Residential Schools, including the school Blue Quills Saddle Lake Residential School, and the Ermineskin Residential School.

Recordings of Canticles, sermons, choral songs, gospels, masses, commandments, stories, Christmas songs, baptisms, weddings, and traditional songs in various Indigenous languages including Cree (predominant), Inuit languages (unspecified), Salteaux, and Montangnais. Includes recordings from Sacred Heart and Joussard (St. Bruno's) School. Also includes recordings from Blue Quills St. Paul.

This accession contains correspondence records on social studies regarding the incorporation of Cree language instruction in Alberta schools. In particular, records include: a file on a 1975 pilot program on Cree language at Blue Quills, Bishop Piche, and Ponoka Schools; correspondence from interested teachers and school officials across Alberta; feedback from the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians; and Cree language materials developed by the Blue Quills Native Education Council.

Records also include a brief description of a curriculum proposal for a course entitled “Cree 15,” developed by Blue Quills Native Education Council. It contains a file on the Earthbound Proposal, a program intended to meet individualized skills of a select group of Grade 12 students, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous. The program was intended to help these students develop communication skills, responsibility, self-reliance, and practical skills.

This file contains slides of various subjects, including photos from the St Michael’s Duck Lake Residential School, and girls from Blue Quills Residential School (1962).

This file contains slides of a variety of subjects, including some slides of children from St Paul Blue Quills Residential School. Some slides include names.

This file contains a photo of Brother Ignace Dorobiala at the Blue Quills Residential School.

This file contains photos related to the Blue Quills Residential School in St Paul.

This series contains government records relevant to the Blue Quills residential schools. The Blue Quills schools were located in Lac La Biche, Saddle Lake, and St. Paul.

This file contains a photo album of Indigenous community members, photos of children, and men wearing regalia. The album contains photos of Blue Quills students in 1951, and class photos. Some names are noted.

This file contains negatives of photos from Saddle Lake Residential School buildings (1929). The file also contains photos from Youville Residential School, and students.

This file contains information about the 1939 Royal Visit, including a list of Private and Residential/Day Schools that were inspected. The file also contains lists of the names of individuals who inspected the schools, school names, and locations of schools. Includes information from some schools near Maskwacis.