Black Bear, Kent

Student information card of Kent Black Bear (Kills the Enemy), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 30, 1882 and departed on November 23, 1885.

Student file of Kent Black Bear, a member of the Sioux nation, arrived at the school on November 30, 1882 and departed on November 23, 1885.The file contains a report after leaving which indicates that Black Bear was living in Tongue River, Montana in 1910. 

In school documentation Kent Black Bear is also known as Kills the Enemy…

Student information card of Kent Black Bear, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 30, 1882 and departed on November 23, 1885.

The first page opened with a poem titled "Content," followed by "He Suffered Because He Could Not Speak English," an article about a Kiowa boy who was accused of a crime and could not defend himself. The next article was a treatise on the importance of buying insurance. Page two began with a memorial about General Hancock titled "The Dead Hero…

Studio portrait of Kent Black Bear. 

Studio portrait of Kent Black Bear (seated) and Dana Long Wolf (standing), both holding straw boater hats.

Studio portrait of Kent Black Bear (seated) and Dana Long Wolf (standing), both holding straw boater hats. 

Portrait of Kent Black Bear in native clothing and feather headdress posed on a horse on the school grounds.

Richard Henry Pratt requests that Kent Black Bear be sent home due to poor health at the request of his father.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a statement from the Second Auditor of the Treasury in settlement of his accounts from the fourth quarter of 1884 to and including the fourth quarter of 1885. Pratt goes through a list of transportation costs that were disallowed due to a portion of the road being subsidized by bond.