Left Hand

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U.S. Grant (Grant Lefthand) Student File
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Student file of U. S. Grant, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who arrived at the school on October 27, 1879 and departed on June 21, 1881. The file contains a returned student survey and a report after leaving indicating that Grant was working as a clerk in an Indian Trader store in Darlington, Oklahoma in 1911.

In school documentation U…

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National Archives and Records Administration
U. S. Grant Student Information Card
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Student information card of U. S. Grant, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on October 27, 1879 and departed on June 21, 1881.

 

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National Archives and Records Administration
U. S. Grant Student Information Card
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Student information card of U. S. Grant, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on October 27, 1879 and departed on June 21, 1881. The file indicates Grant was living in Darlington, Oklahoma in 1913.

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National Archives and Records Administration
Ernest Left Hand Student File
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Student file of Ernest Left Hand, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on October 22, 1883 and departed on October 21, 1884. The file contains a student information card, a newspaper clipping, correspondence, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving. The file indicates Left Hand was farming in Geary, Oklahoma in…

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National Archives and Records Administration
Ernest Left Hand Student Information Card
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Student information card of Ernest Left Hand, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on October 22, 1883 and departed on October 21, 1884. The file indicates Left Hand was living in Geary, Oklahoma in 1913.

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National Archives and Records Administration
Daisy Reynolds Student Information Card
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Student information card of Daisy Reynolds, a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on September 21, 1886 and departed on June 14, 1887.

 

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National Archives and Records Administration
Robert Left Hand Student Information Card
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Student information card of Robert Left Hand, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on September 21, 1886 and departed on May 6, 1889.

 

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National Archives and Records Administration
Eadle Keatah Toh (Vol. 1, No. 6)
September 1880

Page one opened with the discovery of a Cherokee tribe in the mountains of South Carolina and how they begged for teaches when the white travelers passed through their village. The Indian bow and white man musket were also compared on page one, with the bow being determined to be the superior weapon. It also described an Indian Buffalo hunt,…

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Newspapers
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School, 1902
1902

A souvenir booklet from the Carlisle Indian School, published for their 23rd year.  A short description of the aims and goals of the school is presented.  Images of students as they first arrived, as well as important visiting chiefs, are given, as are before and after images including those of Tom Torlino.  Extracurricular…

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Pamphlet
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Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Left Hand and his son, U.S. Grant (Grant Left Hand) [version 1], c.1880

Studio portrait of Left Hand and his son, U.S. Grant (Grant Left Hand). Grant is wearing a school uniform.

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Glass Plate Negative
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National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Left Hand and his son, U.S. Grant (Grant Left Hand) [version 2], c.1880

Studio portrait of Left Hand, an Arapaho chief, with his son, U.S. Grant also known as Grant Left Hand. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has four copies of this image: PA-CH1-064a and CS-CH-044.1-.3.  

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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Indian Chiefs who visited the Carlisle Indian School [version 1], c.1881

The caption reads: Noted Indian Chiefs.

The printed note on the reverse side reads: NOTED INDIAN CHIEFS Who have visited the Indian Training School, Carlisle, Pa.

1. Spotted Tail, Sioux Chief, Rosebud Agency, Dakota.
2. Iron Wing, Sioux Chief, Rosebud Agency, Dakota…

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Photographic Print, B&W
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Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Indian Chiefs who visited the Carlisle Indian School [version 2] c.1881

The printed note on the reverse side reads: NOTED INDIAN CHIEFS Who have visited the Indian Training School, Carlisle, Pa.

1. Spotted Tail, Sioux Chief, Rosebud Agency, Dakota.
2. Iron Wing, Sioux Chief, Rosebud Agency, Dakota.
3. American Horse, Sioux Chief, Pine Ridge…

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Photographic Print, B&W
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Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Carl Matches with visitors Left Hand and Short Teeth , c.1882

Studio portrait of Left Hand (seated at left), Carl Matches (standing in center), and Short Teeth (seated at right).

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Cumberland County Historical Society
Visiting chiefs including Left Hand and Powder Face with J.F. Williams, 1884

Studio portrait of a group of visting chiefs, including Left Hand (with his wife) and Powder Face. Left Hand and his wife are in the back row in the center at at left. Powder Face is in front row at far left. A white man, J.F. Williams is in front row, third from the left. 

A student newspaper reports the visit of a group of…

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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Request to Cover Traveling Expenses of a Cheyenne and Arapaho Party
September 15, 1880

Richard Henry Pratt requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs authorize Agent Miles' expenses incurred while transporting a party of six Cheyenne and Arapaho chiefs and their children as well as Daniel Tucker from the Carlisle Indian School to Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Tucker and the chiefs' children are all Carlisle students.…

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National Archives and Records Administration
Man on the Cloud Requests Spring Wagon Promised to Him
July 19, 1882

Man on the Cloud writes to Richard Henry Pratt regarding a promise that was made to the Cheyenne delegation about providing a spring wagon to each member. Man on the Cloud also makes reference to the returned Cheyenne students from Carlisle and changes happening locally.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Proposal to Allow Four Chiefs and Their Wives to Visit Carlisle
November 4, 1884

Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to allow two Arapaho Chiefs, Powder Face and Left Hand, as well as their wives to visit the Carlisle Indian School in the hopes of making it easier to allow families to send girls to the school by having women visit. In addition, Pratt proposes allowing two Cheyenne chiefs and their wives visit for the…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration