Bigknife, Lillian

Student file of Isaac Lyon, a member of the Onondaga Nation, who entered the school on December 7, 1895 and ultimately departed on December 15, 1908. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a progress/conduct card, a newspaper clipping, an application for…

This illustration of Lillian Bigknife appeared in the New York Herald on October 1, 1911 as part of a feature about Isaac Lyon's death, which was suspected to be caused by his "witch" wife, Lillian Bigknife.