T-SHIRT

Description: WHITE. HAS RED LOGO ON FRONT CONSISTING OF THE HEAD OF A NATIVE MAN WEARING A HEADDRESS WITHIN A TRIANGLE. ABOVE TRIANGLE READS "CAMP" AND BELOW READS "INUSPI". BELOW THIS IS AN ORANGE, BLUE, AND PURPLE EMBROIDERED FISH SEWN TO SHIRT. INSIDE BACK OF NECKLINE IS A TAG THAT READS "STANFIELD'S SPORT SHIRT". SHIRT HAS A FEW SMALL HOLES AND IS YELLOWING.

History: WORN BY DONOR WHO ATTENDED CAMP INUSPI AT THE AGE OF 13. AFTER THAT YEAR DONOR BECAME INVOLVED WITH ACTIVITIES RUN BY THE CHURCH OF LATTER DAY SAINTS (CAMPS, BEEHIVE GIRLS, SORORITIES - SEE OTHER DONATIONS). CAMP INUSPI WAS SITUATED IN WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK AND WAS RUN BY THE LETHBRIDGE YMCA. IN 1932, THE COMISSIONER FOR DOMINION PARKS APPROACHED THE LETHBRIDGE YMCA WITH THE IDEA OF ESTABLISHING A SUMMER YOUTH CAMP FOR BOYS IN WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK FOR THE PURPOSES OF OUTDOOR FITNESS AND RECREATION. A SITE WAS CHOSEN IN 1933 AND THE FIRST CAMP, IN TENTS, WAS HELD IN 1934. THE FIRST PERMANENT BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1935. THE FIRST GIRL'S CAMP BEGAN IN 1939 AND CONTINUED EACH AUGUST UNTIL THE FIRST CO-ED CAMP IN THE SUMMER OF 1968. IN THE FALL OF THAT YEAR PARKS CANADA TERMINATED THE LAND LEASE CAMP INUSPI HAD HELD SINCE 1934 AND THE CAMP FOUNDERED.