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[Group of people at Aklavik Hospital].

[An archivist wrote the above description. Below is an original caption that was written by photographer Archibald Fleming. His description may cause offense because he uses outdated language to describe Janah. We have reproduced the original below because it is a part of the original historical record. If you have feedback or questions, please contact the NWT Archives].

Staff aft Aklavik Hospital, (left to right) Bishop Fleming, Nurse Bradford, Janah (Half breed Indian-ward maid), Dr. Clequail, Miss Topping. Prior to 1934.

[Tom Summers and John Francis].

[An archivist wrote the above description. Below is an original caption that was written by photographer Archibald Fleming. His description may cause offense because he uses outdated language to describe John Francis. We have reproduced the original below because it is a part of the original historical record. If you have feedback or questions, please contact the NWT Archives].

Tom Summers, master carpenter, and John Francis, half-breed Eskimo Indian

Eskimo Point [Arviat]. In a cold wind. The girl is married for she 17 years old, her tall hood flops to one side. The girl on the right foreground has on her inner and outer coats, while the boy on the left has on only his inner coat or atiggi. [The girl on the left is Meg Kuksuk and the boy on the right is Donald Uluadluak.]

Eskimo Point [Arviat - Group of Inuit women].[L to R: Oominihaq, Ikkitaq (Susan Aglukark's Grandmother),Tasseor (mother of Ikkitaq).]

The two white men are Bishop Fleming and Major McKeand, Eastern Arctic [Two white men by Inuit in front a hut made up of board and covered by hides].

Eskimo group in winter - note tent with snow porch. The tent is made of the skins of the caribou (wild reindeer) [Inuit standing by the snow porch].

[Inuit stopped to make tea, some of them dressed in skin or fur clothing].

Eastern Arctic-Nascopie is in the bacground. [Group of Inuit in front of skin tent]. [1930s?]

[Snow houses at a camp, Inuit standing by an igloo, also dogs by them].

Eskimo Point - interior of snow hut [Inuit sitting down]

After church, Pangnirtung. [Group of Inuit gathered beside a building].

Lake Harbour 1944 or 1945 [Large group of Inuit].

Southampton Island 1930. [Church service, group of Inuit and clergy outside].

Pond Inlet 1942.[Two clergy standing with some Inuit].

Waiting for the plane at Coppermine, 1948. [Group of Inuit].

Bishop Fleming, Coppermine. [Bishop Fleming with Inuit].

[Fish nets in ice hole and Inuit in parkas].

Pangnirtung 1940. [Group of Inuit]

A short service was held on the steps of the Hospital immediately preceding the opening. The Bishop's Chaplain was the Rev. Thomas Umaok, the only ordained Eskimo [Inuk] in Canada.

Pond Inlet, 1942. [Group of Inuit standing with two white men].