Woods, Janette

Student information card of Janette Woods, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on November 4, 1886 and departed on November 4, 1895.

In school documentation Janette Woods is also known as Janette Pahgostatum, Janette Pahgostatum Woods, and Pah-go-stat-un. Her married name is Janette Russell (Mrs. James Russell).

Student file of Janette Woods, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on November 4, 1886 and departed on November 4, 1895. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, and report after leaving indicating that Woods married James Russell and was a housewife in Fort Still, Oklahoma in 1910.

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Student information card of Janette Woods (here Janette Pahgostatum Woods), a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on November 4, 1886 and departed on November 4, 1895. The file indicates Woods was married and living in Fort Sill, Oklahoma in 1913.

Studio portrait of eight male students and three female students, all wearing school uniforms. 

These have been identified as the Chiricahua Apache students who arrived at Carlisle from Fort Marion, Florida, November 4th, 1886, taken at an unknown later date.

A researcher has identified them as: back row, left to right, …

Studio portrait of Janette Woods, Ramona Chihuahua, and Dorothy Dekhlikiseh, all wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Janette Woods and Dorothy Dekhlikiseh, both wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of a group of four female students with an older Native American man. The original caption identifies them as "Chihuahua and Apache."  

Based on comparison with other photographs, Cumberland County Historical Staff have suggested that the student seated in the front is Lucy Tsisnah and that the students in the back…

Studio portrait of Janette Woods (Pahgostatum) wearing school uniform.

Note: This image also contains caption information for a different photograph.

Studio portrait of fourteen male students and nine female students. The caption of the Cumberland County Historical Society identifies them as from the Apache nation and gives a date of 1891 for the image. Previous catloging for this version also says they are Apache students but says there is a date of 16 January 1892 in the…

Studio portrait of twenty-three students, fourteen male and nine female students, identified in the caption as "Apache Group, 1891." 

Staff at the Cumberland County Historical Society have identified, based on comparison with other photgraphs, that the following students are in this group: Parker Whitney West, Ernest Hogee, Viola…

These materials include a cover letter and Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 37 Chiricahua Apache prisoners-of-war transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida, where a larger group of Geronimo's band remained imprisoned. The 37 individuals transferred to Carlisle represented a portion of all…

Correspondence regarding a request from Apache prisoners of war for the return of their children from the Carlisle Indian School. Included in the correspondence are various recommendations for the students as well as Richard Henry Pratt's philosophy in educating the Apache students and his views on interpreters.