Big Hair, Persis

Student information card of Persis Big Hair (Kills on the other side), a member of the Crow Nation, who entered the school on November 14, 1883 and departed on July 29, 1890.

In school documentation Persis Big Hair is also known as Kills on the other side and Ahka Mara pess.

Student information card of Persis Big Hair, a member of the Crow Nation, who entered the school on November 14, 1883 and departed on July 29, 1890.

Studio portrait of seven Crow students. 

The male student in the back left may be George Thomas, and the student in the back right appears to be Charles Fisher. The young woman seated second from the left seems to be Persis Big Hair, and on the far right is Lois Pretty Scalp.

Studio portrait of seven Crow students. 

The male student in the back left may be George Thomas, and the student in the back right appears to be Charles Fisher. The young woman seated second from the left seems to be Persis Big Hair, and on the far right is Lois Pretty Scalp.

Studio portrait of Persis Big Hair wearing a school uniform. Handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Persis Big Hair, February 1888. 

These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 11 children transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Crow Agency in Montana.