Retaining Sisseton Sioux and Menominee Students at Carlisle

Retaining Sisseton Sioux and Menominee Students at Carlisle
Date: 
November 7, 1879

Richard Henry Pratt informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra Hayt that, at the request of Hampton Institute director General Samuel Armstrong, six Sisseton Sioux children and two Menominee boys from Green Bay, Wisconsin will be retained at Carlisle. Their addition increases the school's population to 158.

Note: The two Menominee students were Joseph Wisecoby and Moses Nonway.

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Time Period: 
1870-1879
Year: 
1879
People: 
Pratt, Richard Henry
Armstrong, Samuel Chapman
Nonway, Moses
Wisecoby, Joseph
Format: 
Letters/Correspondence
Topics: 
Transfer of Students
External Groups & Institutions: 
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
Repository: 
National Archives and Records Administration
Location: 
RG 75, Series 79, box 571, Miscellaneous-1879-P-#1137
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Notice of Arrival of Sioux and Menominee Students