1880-1889

View showing part of the Teachers' Quarters and the Band Stand, with four male figures in front the bandstand. The fence that surrounded the school is visible behind the Teachers' Quarters. 

Studio portrait of ten male students. The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society copy of this image has a caption that says they are from the Pine Ridge agency and arrived in November 1882. 

Studio portrait of ten Sioux male students. The caption indicates that all these students arrived from the Pine Ridge agency in November 1882. 

Studio portrait of Theodore McCauley wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of thirteen female students.

The caption on the Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image, written on the album page, states they are Sioux students who had entered in November 1882.

Original cataloging for this image interpreted a date of 1894 in the caption written on the plate.…

Studio portrait of thirteen female students. The caption on this album page identifies them as members of the Sioux nation who entered in November 1882.

Studio portrait captioned as "Pawnee Indian group that entered the Carlisle Indian School in 1882." If that is accurate, then the sitters include: Louis Bayhylle, Frank West, Chalkley Stafford, Abram Platt, Thomas Kester, Bruce Hayman, Henry Eagle Chief, Minnie Topa, and Nellie Aspenall. Those are the nine students from the Pawnee nation who…

Studio portrait of three unidentified male Pueblo students with teacher Lora B. Shields. 

Studio portrait of three unidentified male Pueblo students with teacher Lora B. Shields. 

Portrait of three unidentified male students standing behind a row of eight seated students in native dress, presumably shortly after their arrival. The group is posed on the school grounds behind the large boys' dormitory.

Studio portrait of twelve male students, all wearing school uniforms. The caption identifies them as being from the Sioux tribe, Pine Ridge agency and entered in November 1882. 

Studio portrait of twelve male students, all wearing school uniforms. The caption says that they were from the Sioux tribe, the Pine Ridge agency and entered in November 1882. 

Studio portrait of two unidentified female students wearing white pinafores and one unidentified male student in a school uniform. 

The male student may be Harry Marmon and one of the female students may be Candelaria Quintana. 

Two unidentified male students wearing school uniforms. 

Studio portrait of two unidentified male students, one wearing a school uniform.

The Cumberland County Historical Society identifies this as the "David group," presumably due to information scratched on the glass plate. 

An unidentified male student wearing school uniform and holding a hat.

Studio portrait of Watson Penn, George Summers, Joseph Big Wolf (seated on floor in uniform), and a visitor (seated in chair). 

Studio portrait of Watson Penn, George Summers, Joseph Big Wolf (seated on the floor in uniform), and a visitor (seated in a chair).

Studio portrait of White Buffalo.

Studio portrait of seven male Cheyenne students. One is wearing a school uniform. White Buffalo is seated at the far left; the rest are unidentified.

A researcher has identified the person standing in the last row behind White Buffalo as Kise Williams.

Studio portrait of ten male students and one female student.

The handwritten note reads: Students at Government School at Carlisle, Pa.

Based on enrollment information and a few other photographs of the individuals pictured, we believe the students are as follows:

Younger boys seated in front, left to right…

Portrait of twenty-four male students upon arrival. The Cumberland County Historical Society's cataloging identifies them as from the Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Comanche, Pawnee, and Nez Perce nations and that the photo was taken on the date of their arrival, October 22, 1883. Twenty-three male students arrived on that date from those nations.

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Portrait of twenty-five female students posed on the school grounds, some in native clothing. One of the students appears to be Rose White Thunder who arrived on November 14, 1883 with a large group from the Sioux nation (Rosebud reservation). 

Studio portrait of Wounded Yellow Robe (also known as Richard Yellow Robe), Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe), and Henry Standing Bear the day after they entered the school on November 15, 1883.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: 1  Wounded Yellow Robe, 3  Timber Yellow Robe, and…

Studio portrait of Wounded Yellow Robe (also known as Richard Yellow Robe), Chauncey Yellow Robe (also known as Timber Yellow Robe), and Henry Standing Bear on November 15, 1883. Wounded Yellow Robe is seated at left, Henry Standing Bear is standing in the center, and Chauncey Yellow Robe is seated at right.

The handwritten note reads:…