Seneca

Studio portrait of Newton Pierce wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Cora Wheeler and her sister, Minnie Wheeler. Since Cora was four years older, she is probably on the right and Minnie is on the left. Both are wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Elizabeth Williams (left) and Sarah Kennedy (right).

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Carlisle Indian School Football Team 1896.

Although this photo is not captioned, John Steckbeck in Fabulous Redmen (1951) lists the 1896 team as: Frank Cayou, Harrison, Frank Hudson, Jacob Jamison, Delos Lonewolf, David McFarland, Jonas Metoxen, Artie Miller,…

Studio portrait of Jennie Tallchief.

Studio portrait of Lydia A. Clute. 

Studio portrait of Nancy Seneca.

Studio photograph of the graduating class of 1896.

Studio portrait of Bertha Pierce. 

Studio portrait of Edith Pierce (left) and Nettie Horne (right).

Studio portrait of tweleve female and fourteen male students. 

The caption reads: GRADUATING CLASS OF ’97. INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.

Samuel Gruett, Chippewa. Rob’t. Depoe, Siletz. Clarence Whitethunder, Sioux. Edw. Rogers, Chippewa. Brigman Cornelius, Oneida. Mary Miller, Chippewa. Frank…

Portrait of twelve female and fourteen male students posed outside on the school grounds. The students are identified below the image. 

This is a page from The Red Man, March 1897. The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: 14A-02-01 and 15-28-01. 

Studio portrait of Jennie Tallchief wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Linas Pierce.

Studio portrait of Newton Pierce (left) and Willie Parker, both wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Bertha Dye. 

Group portrait of the football team, posed with a football labeled '98 and a dog. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has the sitters identified as: back row (l to r): Artie Miller, Jonas Metoxen, Bemus Pierce, Edward Rogers, and Frank Hudson; middle row (l to r) Chauncey Archiquette, Thaddeus Redwater, Edwin Smith, Isaac…

Studio portrait of Geneva Jamison. 

Note: Two students named Geneva Jamison attended Carlisle, both from the Seneca nation. This image is probably of the Geneva Jamison who arrived in 1898 and departed in 1901. She is sometimes known as Geneva B. Jamison and was 11 years old when she enrolled. Since the other Geneva Jamison arrived…

Studio portrait of Kittie Silverheels.

Studio portrait of Lyman Lay wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Minnie Paul and Inez King.

Studio portrait of the graduating class of 1898. Students are marked with white numbers that correspond to the typed caption below the image. 

Studio portrait of Clinton George wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of fifteen male students and nineteen female students, the graduating class of 1899. According to the label on this photo they are: 

Back row: Christian Eastman, Annie Gesis, Joseph Gouge (here J. Jennings Gouge), George Hazlett, Sarah Williams, Chauncey Archiquette, Eliza Smith (here E. Lillian Smith),…

Studio portrait of Letha Seneca.