Images

Chauncey Yellow Robe (Timber Yellow Robe) as he entered the school in 1883.

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 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.

Studio portrait of Henry Standing Bear, shortly after his arrival, wearing native clothing.

Studio portrait of nine students. Back row, left to right: Frank West, George Summers, Percy Zadoka, Warden Cleaver; front row, left to right: Annie Thomas, Minnie Yellow Bear, Pollock Spotted Tail, Hattie Longwolf, and Harriet Mary Elder. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-004, 10-B-17, and 10B-08-01. 

Studio portrait of eighteen students, eleven male and seven female. The caption identifies them as Miss Coats' class. 

School records show Carrie Coats taught at the school in 1884.  

Studio portrait of Kias Red Wolf (standing at right) and an unidentified male student (at left).

Studio portrait of three male students and four female students. The caption identifies them as being from the Pueblo nation. 

Staff at the Cumberland County Historical Society identified three students based on comparison with other photographs: seated, from left to right Harry Marmon, Francis H. Ortiz, and James B. Garcia. 

Studio portrait of Minnie Yellow Bear.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-039d and PA-CH1-064c.

Studio portrait of Kish Hawkins (at left), Kias Red Wolf (in center), and Clarence Wolf Face (at right).

Studio portrait of five male students and four female students.

They are, back row, left to right: Frank West, George Summers, Percy Zadoka, Warden Cleaver; front row, left to right: Annie Thomas, Minnie Yellow Bear, Pollock Spotted Tail, Hattie Longwolf, and Harriet Mary Elder. 

Studio portrait of Juan Julian, probably a visiting chief. 

This person is identified as Juan Julian in the National Anthropological Archives negative version of this image and also in one of the Cumberland County Historical Society's copies (BS-CH-006). The other copy, located in an album (PA-CH2-075b), is labeled "Augustine." But that is probably a mistake. There are other photographs of a person with that name, wearing similar clothing but distinctly a different person. 

Studio portrait of Madge Nason (left) and Bertha Nason (right), both wearing school uniforms.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Bertha and Madge Nason. Chippewas from Minn.

This photograph originally appeared in an album that E. A. Seabrook, a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, received from his students on December 25, 1886.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has a copy of this image: PA-CH1-086b. 

Studio portrait of Candelaria Quintana, Josefeta Montoya, and Jose Maria Perez. All are wearing school uniforms. 

Studio portrait of Boss Sun, a Pawnee chief.

Studio portrait of Belle Yellow Bear wearing school uniform.

Portrait of twenty-four female students, many wrapped in plaid shawls or blankets, posed on the steps of a building on the school grounds. 

There may be another student at the far right of the bottom right; if there is, then there are twenty-five students in the picture. 

Studio portrait of Grace Bigheart [?].

Note: The caption of this image identifies this student as "Grace Que, Osage." There are no records for a student named Grace Que. The only Osage student named Grace who attended while Choate was taking photographs was Grace Bigheart. At the present time we have identified no other images of Grace Bigheart to use for comparison.

Studio portrait of William Tivis.

Studio portrait of seven female and eleven male students. The caption for the Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image identifies them as  Miss Coats' class. School records show Carrie W. Coats taught at the school in 1884. 

Studio portrait of Arnold Woolworth. 

Studio portrait of Louise Wilson wearing school uniform.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-066b and CS-CH-011. 

Studio portrait of Hortie Stevens wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of visiting chiefs Standing Bear (seated left) and Red Fish (seated right) with three male students and two female students. The male students are Luther Standing Bear (standing), Willard Standing Bear (seated right), and Henry Standing Bear (seated left). One of the female students is Victoria Standing Bear (standing far left).  

Studio portrait of James H. Miller, Jane Vane, an unidentified female student and a visitor, probably a Pueblo chief or family member. 

Note: The male student was previously identified as Benjamin Thomas based on cataloging of this NAA negative. A researcher suggested that he is actually James H. Miller. The identification of Jane Vane comes from an annotation on the Cumberland County Historical Society's album copy.