Quick Bear, Reuben

Student information card of Reuben Quick Bear (Kills the Enemy), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 6, 1879 and departed on June 19, 1882.

Note: Although this card says Quick Bear arrived on October 7, he arrived as part of the large group of first students on October 6, 1879.

Student information card of Reuben Quick Bear (Kills the Enemy), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 6, 1879 and departed on June 19, 1882.

Student file of Reuben Quick Bear, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 6, 1879 and departed on June 19, 1882. The file contains news clippings and a report after leaving that indicates Quick Bear was working as a farmer in Mellette County, South Dakota in 1911.

In school documentation Reuben Quick Bear's name…

Student file of Fred Big Horse (Big Horse), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 14, 1883 and ultimately graduated in 1893 and departed on March 6, 1893. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, correspondence, a returned student survey,…

Student file of Ernest Quick Bear, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on August 31, 1906, and departed on May 18, 1909. The file contains a student information card, correspondence, an application for enrollment, trade/position record cards, a returned student survey, a physical record, a progress/conduct card, a report after…

Student information card of Ernest Quick Bear (here Quickbear), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on August 31, 1906 and departed on May 18, 1909. The file indicates Quick Bear was living in Rosebud, South Dakota in 1913 and Mission, South Dakota in 1914.

Note: Ernest appears to be the son of former student Reuben…

Student information card of Levi Quick Bear (here Quickbear), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on September 16, 1910 and departed on June 27, 1914.

Note: Levi appears to the the son of former student Reuben Quick Bear who was among the first students to arrive at Carlisle.

Four male students posed outside a building, presumably on the school grounds. They are: Norman (Wants To Be Chief), Luther Standing Bear (Kills Plenty), Reuben Quick Bear (Kills the Enemy), and Raymond Stewart (Paints Dust). 

Four male students posed outside a building, presumably on the school grounds. They are: Norman (Wants to be Chief), Luther Standing Bear (Kills Plenty), Reuben Quick Bear (Kills the Enemy), and Raymond Stewart (Paints Dust). 

Studio portrait of Bernard (Hawk Charging Daylight) (standing at left), Horace (Horse) (standing at right), Reuben Quick Bear (Kills the Enemy) (seated at left), John Renville (seated at center), and Rufus (Strikes the Enemy) (seated at right). All are wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Bernard (Hawk Charging Daylight) (standing at left), Horace (Horse) (standing at right), Reuben Quick Bear (Kills the Enemy) (seated at left), John Renville (seated in center), and Rufus (Strikes the Enemy (seated at right). All are wearing school uniforms.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society dates this…

Portrait of twelve male students, all wearing uniforms and holding instruments, in front of the bandstand on the school grounds. In the glass plate negative version of this image [version 1] a white woman, also holding an instrument, can be seen at the far right. In the print versions of this image she is almost entirely cropped out,…

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