Bassford, Boisie

Cemetery information and mortuary documents related to Boise Bassford, a member of the Paiute Nation.

Student information card of Boisie Bassford, a member of the Paiute Nation, who entered the school on September 3, 1886 and died on April 16, 1892. Bassford is buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.  

Student information card of Boisie Bassford, a member of the Paiute Nation, who entered the school on September 3, 1886 and died on April 16, 1892. Bassford was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.

In school documentation Boisie Bassford's name is also spelled Boise Bassford.

The first page opened with a poem titled “New Every Morning,” followed by "An Indian Woman Fought For Her Husband After Receiving a Beating From Him" which concluded on the fourth page. Page two gave news from the Chemawa and Genoa Indian Schools, and "A Nice Pocket Book for the Best," asking for wish lists from the trade departments. Next came…

Students from the Indian Nurses Corps and medical staff posed on the front of a building. They are identified as being, from left to right: Zippa Metoxen, Rose Howell, Dr. Obadiah G. Given, Alice Seabrook, Barbara Showarumy, Clara Anthony, Katie Metoxen, Lillie Wind, and Boise Bassford. Given, Seabrook, and Anthony were school employees.

Students from the Indian Nurses Corps and medical staff posed on the front of a building. They are identified as being, from left to right: Zippa Metoxen, Rose Howell, Dr. Obadiah G. Given, Alice Seabrook, Barbara Showarumy, Clara Anthony, Katie Metoxen, Lillie Wind, and Boise Bassford. Given, Seabrook, and Anthony were school employees.