White Calf

Student information card of Maggie Old Eagle, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on January 1, 1889 and departed on June 4, 1895.

Student file of Helen Whitecalf, a member of the Arikara Nation, who entered the school November 14, 1910 and departed September 4, 1913. The file contains letters/correspondence, financial transactions, a student information card, an outing record, a medical/physical records, an application for enrollment, a progress/conduct card, and an…

Student information card of Helen Whitecalf, a member of the Arikara Nation, who entered the school on November 14, 1910 and departed on September 4, 1913. The file indicates Whitecalf was living in Elbowoods, North Dakota in 1913.

Studio portrait of eight Piegan chiefs. 

The January 8, 1892 issue of the  Indian Helper (vol. 7 no. 17) reports that these chiefs had visited the school the previous week.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has six copies of this image. One of those copies identifies the chiefs as Running Crane, Little…

The printed note on the reverse side reads: PIEGAN CHIEFS (BLACKFOOT CONFEDERACY) VISITING CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL (ca. 1891).

Front Seated Left - Running Crane, Chief of Lone Eaters.
Front Seated Center - Little Dog, Chief of the Black Patched Moccasins Bands.
Seated Center Left - White Grass.
Right…