Student information cards of Louise Sahcowahwitch, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on August 19, 1917 and departed on August 28, 1918. The file indicates Sahcowahwitch transferred to the Chilocco Indian School upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.
In school documentation Louise Sahcowahwitch's name is…
Student file of Cecil Ahtoowoosserahke , a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1917 and departed on June 15, 1918. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, a federal financial aid form, financial transactions, correspondence, and a certificate of promotion.
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Student information card of Cecil Ahtoowoosserahke, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1917 and departed on June 15, 1918.
Student file of Frank Pueblo, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1917 and departed on March 13, 1918. This file includes a student information card, an application for enrollment, financial transactions, and correspondence indicating that Pueblo was drafted into the United States Army.
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Student information card of Frank Pueblo (here Puebla), a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1917 and departed on March 13, 1918. The file indicates Pueblo departed Carlisle upon being drafted by the United States Army.
Student file of Hattie Topetchy, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1917 and departed on August 14, 1918. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, a certificate of promotion, financial transactions, a federal financial aid form, and correspondence.
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Student information card of Hattie Topetchy, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1917 and departed on August 14, 1918.
Student information card of Jack Waherramah, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1917 and departed on September 6, 1918. The file indicates Waherramah transferred to the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.
Student information cards of Jack Waherramah, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1917 and departed on September 6, 1918. The file indicates Waherramah transferred to the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.
In school documentation Jack Waherramah's name…
Student information card of Otto Thomas Blackstar, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1917 and departed on August 29, 1918. The file indicates Blackstar was transferred to the Chilocco Indian School upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.
Student information cards of Otto Thomas Blackstar, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1917 and departed on August 29, 1918. The file indicates Blackstar was transferred to the Chilocco Indian School upon departing Carlisle.
Student information card of Robert Coffee, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1917 and departed on August 29, 1918. The file indicates Coffee was transferred to the Chilocco Indian School upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.
Student information cards of Robert Coffee, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1917 and departed on August 29, 1918. The file indicates Coffee transferred to the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School in Oklahoma upon transferring from Carlisle.
Page one opened with a poem by E.G.P. and the story of the Great Turtle, which was based on the arrival of a Spanish Ship. There was also a piece on the trouble that Billy Cornipachio faced, which included the opposition of his people to his education. Page two had a piece about visiting chiefs and on three former prisoners from Fort Marion in…
Page one included an address to the students from Capt. Daniel Childers, written by E. B. Childers, in which he described his own childhood and assured the students of the great opportunities they have as a result of attending Carlisle. Students were also reminded that chewing and smoking tobacco had to stop if they wanted to live like whites.…
Page one had “Local Items” which consisted of small daily events such as the weather and games the students invented. Page two started with “A Plea for Greater Liberality in the Cause of Indian Education”, followed by “The People Responsible”, and “A Devoted Indian Missionary Dead”, which talked of the death of Dr. Stephen R. Riggs. Page three…
Page One had a photograph of the parade grounds on campus, as well as a bit of history on the Indian school. Page two had a small, horrifying piece on whether leaving Indians alone to die of illness or physically murdering them is more humane. The page also had extracts from the Address of Gen. George Crooks to the graduating class. Page three…
The first page opened with a poem titled “To Tell a Good House-Keeper,” reprinted from The New Moon. Also on the page was an account by Johnnie Schmoker about bird hunting at the Cheyenne and Arapaho School in Oklahoma titled “INCIDENTS OF SCHOOL WORK AMONG THE CHEYENNES AND ARAPAHOES, IN THE INDIAN TERRITORY, WHEN THEY WERE REALLY…
The first page opened with the poem, “What Makes A Man,” followed by an article titled, “Interesting Observations At the Indians’ Own Home” reprinting a letter from Joshua Given (Kiowa) who described the social and political news from the Kiowa and Comanche Agency. He reported the activities of students who had returned home from Carlisle. The…
The first page opened with an untitled poem, with the first line “God Wants the Boys,” followed by anonymous advice “Be Inventive.” Next came two columns, “Girls Read This,” an exercise for good posture and “Boys Read This,” an exercise for good behavior. The news items on page two gave reports about Charley Wolf and Jesse Paul, Nez Perce…
The first page began with an untitled poem that opened with the first line “We can never be too careful,” followed by “Which Would You Rather Be a Spider or a Fly? / The White Man Like a Spider,” an account of Mr. Seger’s description of the idiosyncrasies of language translation. It continued on the fourth page. Page two featured news articles…
The first page began with the heading, “February 22,” followed by poems and articles about George Washington and his birthday. Also on the page was a piece called “Do Indian Boys Have It?” about the pitfalls of self-conceit. Page two included many small articles that included an update of area postal routes, a description of Eugene Tahkapeur’s…
The first page began with a poem titled, “True Heroism,” followed by a fictional conversation among two Indian School students, Tom and Phil as reported by the Man-On-The-Band-Stand. In the moralizing story, continued on the fourth page, Phil sets a good example by keeping the Outing System rules, while Tom broke the rules and tainted the…
The first page opened with a poem “Cherries Are Ripe,” from Youth’s Companion, followed by a story titled “Sebastian’s Opportunity” about the training of a painter named Sebastian Gomez, a.k.a. “The mulatto of Murillo.” Page two featured a piece called "In Vacation," in which the Man-On-The-Band-Stand invited students to share their…
The first page opened with a poem titled "A Christmas Carol by Eleanor W.F. Bates in Home Magazine. Next came a new installment of the series titled “How An Indian Girl Might Tell Her Own Story if She Had the Chance: Founded on Actual Observations of the Man-on-the-band-stand’s Chief Clerk” (continued from the previous week). In this…