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Cree Indians Learn Telephones From Bell Translation
A North Ontario Cree shoreline community receives a translated Bell Canada letter explaining telephones. The Rt. Rev. H. E. Hives, Bishop of Kenora, helps convey how a telephone works, citing Alexander Graham Bell as the inventor and introducing the device to Cree speakers.
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James Bay
Ontario
Bell Telephone Co
Canada
H. E. Hives
Kenora
Alexander Graham Bell