Omaha

Student information card of Newton Robinson, a member of the Omaha Nation, who entered the school on October 2, 1914 and departed on April 14, 1915.

Note: Although this card shows a departure date of February 18, 1915, other records indicate that Newton stayed in the town of Carlisle and at the school until April 14.

Student file of Charles Blackbird, a member of the Omaha Nation, who entered the school on October 3, 1914 and departed on December 3, 1915. The file contains a trade/position record card, student information cards, medical/physical records, financial transactions, a federal financial aid form, an application for enrollment, and correspondence…

Student information card of Charles Blackbird, a member of the Omaha Nation, who entered the school on October 3, 1914 and departed on December 3, 1915.

Student information card of Margaret Levering, a member of the Omaha Nation, who entered the school on October 5, 1917 and departed on August 28, 1918. The file indicates Levering was transferred to the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.

Student information cards of Margaret Levering, a member of the Omaha Nation, who entered the school on October 5, 1917 and departed on August 28, 1918. The file indicates Levering was transferred to the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas upon the closure of the Carlisle Indian School.

Page one reprinted Van Horn's letter to friend, in which he described his train ride into Trenton, New Jersey, and a drunken old man who disturbed him on the ride.  Howard Chawhip also retold a story of an old drunkard who only went to church to hear the singing, but later became a good man after a fly caused him to uncover his ears during…

Page one had a poem titled “The Law of Liberty” followed by an article titled “The Republic in a Death Struggle with Ignorance” and comparison between the African and the Indian problem. Page two asked who was responsible for Indians having not fully “Christianized” and become “civil” and an article on the demoralizing old policy and how it has…

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 Indian Helper opened with a poem titled “A New Citizen,” written by Elsie Fuller (Omaha) who was a student at Hampton Institute, reprinted from “Talks and Thoughts.” The next article was an explanation of the Dawes Act written by Sen. Henry Dawes and titled “THE LAND IN SEVERALTY BILL MADE EASY TO UNDERSTAND.” Page two was taken up…

This issue opened with a poem titled “BE CAREFUL,” followed by an account of how “Aunt Martha” nearly drowned near the Genoa School in Nebraska titled “AN INDIAN GIRL SAVED THE LIFE OF A TEACHER,” followed by a reprint from The Indian Citizen that extolled the competence of Indian boys. Page two featured small news items that included…

In a front page letter dated July 27, 1887 and addressed to the Man-on-the-Band-Stand from the Pine Ridge Agency, Marianna Burgess, who was recruiting new students to the Carlisle Indian School, complained of her uncomfortable accommodations and surroundings. The second page featured "A Story of the Peach Tree" analogous to the planting of…

The first page continued Marianna Burgess' report of conditions at the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Sioux Agencies begun in Volume 2, including her visit to Luther Standing Bear's home. Page two reported a visit to the school by some deaf school principals who "much interested our boys with their silent ways of talking," likening manualism to Indian…

The first page opened with a short poem followed by a  conversation continued from previous weeks between Marianna Burgess and the Man-on-the-band-stand describing her recruitment trip among the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Sioux. Page two reported contents of letters from student Josephine Bordeaux (Sioux), who had returned home and Jennie…

The first page opened with a short poem, "Grammar In Rhyme," followed by the memoir of Sioux student, Hope Red Bear about the Battle of the Big Horn, entitled "A Bit of Wild Life." There was also a piece about the treatment of horses called "If Horses Could Speak."  The second page featured news of the passing of former student Dan Tucker'…

The first page opened with a poem titled "A Thanksgiving Prayer," by D.H. Kent in Home Magazine, followed by "Fourteen Years a Missionary Among the Oneidas," which was the title of a letter to the Indian Helper from Rev. S. W. Ford, Oconto, Wisconsin. Page two included articles about the first Indian to be admitted to the…

William B. Freer wrote about the second annual Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Fair held in Watonga. He mentioned that between 2,000 and 2,500 Cheyenne and Arapaho attended the fair. Some of the events discussed were religious services; a lecture on tuberculosis and trachoma; and numerous exhibitions of livestock, produce, and farm practices. The…

Studio portrait of eleven female students in school uniforms. Caption information states they are from the Omaha nation and entered in 1882. If that is accurate, then they are probably Alice Springer, Jennie Mitchell, Mary Tyndall, Ettie Tyndall, Mary Hewitt, Etta Webster, Elsie Springer, Lettie Esau, Alice Fremont, Fannie Merrick, and Mamie…

Studio portrait of eleven female students in school uniforms. Caption information states they are from the Omaha nation and entered in 1882. If that is accurate, then they are probably Alice Springer, Jennie Mitchell, Mary Tyndall, Ettie Tyndall, Mary Hewitt, Etta Webster, Elsie Springer, Lettie Esau, Alice Fremont, Fannie Merrick, and Mamie…

Studio portrait of ten male students all wearing school uniforms. The caption of the Cumberland County Historical Society version of this image states they came from the Omaha nation and arrived in August 1882. 

Records show twenty male students from the Omaha nation arriving at this time. It is possible that the other ten are the…

Studio portrait of ten male students, all wearing school uniforms. The caption identifies them as being from the Omaha nation and arriveiving in August 1882. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-043b and PA-CH2-013a. 

Records show twenty male students from the Omaha nation…

Studio portrait of ten unidentified male students wearing school uniforms. 

Previous cataloging identifies them as from the Omaha nation. 

Twenty male Omaha students arrived in August of 1882. A portrait of ten of them was taken and identified as such (see Related Images), so it is possible that this group is the other…

Studio portrait of Bertram Mitchell and Clarence White Thunder (here Big White Thunder), both wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Joel Tyndall wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Theodore McCauley wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Joseph Cox in native clothing.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Josep Cox.   Sioux.

Note: Although the caption on the reverse of the card indicates that Josep [Joseph] Cox is Sioux, school records indicate that he belongs to the Omaha Nation.