Pawnee (Kitkehahki)

Student information card of Edward Myers, a member of the Pawnee Nation, who entered the school on October 27, 1879 and departed on July 10, 1883.

Student information cards of Frank West, a member of the Pawnee Nation, who entered the school on August 31, 1882 and ultimately departed on July 27, 1890.

In school documentation Frank West is also known as Ah-lu-sah-lar-le-lo.

Student information card of Ella Man Chief, a member of the Pawnee Nation, who entered the school on October 22, 1883 and departed on January 3, 1884.

In school documentation Ella Man Chief's name is also spelled Ella Manchief. Her married name is Ella Matlock (Mrs. Stacy Matlock) or Ella Matlack, although family of Stacy Matlock has…

Student information card of Frankie Bear, a member of the Pawnee Nation, who entered the school on October 22, 1883 and departed on January 3, 1884. The file indicates that Bear was transferred to the Lincoln Institute, where he died.

Student information card of Maud Echo Hawk, a member of the Pawnee Nation, who entered the school on October 22, 1883 and departed on January 3, 1884.

In school documentation Maud Echo Hawk's married name is Maud Bayhylle (Mrs. Louis Bayhylle).

Student file of Clifford Taylor, a member of the Pawnee Nation, who entered the school on August 24, 1905, graduated in 1912, and ultimately departed on May 20, 1912. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a former student response postcard, medical/physical…

Student file of John Walking Sun, a member of the Pawnee Nation, who entered the school on August 24, 1905 and departed on August 25, 1906. The file contains a student information card, an application for enrollment, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving indicating that in 1910 Walking Sun was a brick presser in Pawnee, Oklahoma…

Progress card of Lucy Cummings, a member of the Pawnee Nation, who entered the school in August 31, 1906.

Note: Although this card shows an arrival date of September, the admissions ledger and her file suggest that she actually arrived on August 31.

Student file of Lucy Cummings, a member of the Pawnee Nation, who entered the school on August 31, 1906, and departed on December 5, 1906. The file contains a student information card, a former student response postcard, an application for enrollment, and a report after leaving indicating Cummings was a housewife living in San Antonio, Texas in…

Studio portrait of Frank West wearing school uniform.

The caption reads: Frank West 3

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 Frank West. 

Studio portrait of Frank West. 

Studio portrait of Stacy Matlock (seated left), William Morgan (seated right), Frank West (seated center), and Wilkie Sharp, all wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of a large group of seated and standing male and female students, identified as the graduating class of 1912. A female student in the front row is holding a banner reading "Loyalty 1912." The students are identified in the attached label as: 1) Mary J. Greene 2) Ella Johnson 3) Louise K. Loudbear 4) Anna Melton 5) Margaret La…