Sioux

Portrait of Joseph Bergie in a football uniform standing in a field. 

The reverse side of the postcard includes a note from Louis Felix to Superintendent Moses Friedman.

Felix's house is located in Prior Lake, Minnesota.

The handwritten note reads: Pearl Bonser

Pearl Bonser with a group of students sitting on the steps of a building.

The headline reads: LEADING INDIANS OF U. S. TO CONFER ON RACE ADVANCEMENT

The caption reads: From left to right, in the upper picture, are Mayor George S. Marshall, Dr. Carlos Montezuma of Chicago, Henry Standing Bear of Dakota, Dr. Charles A. Eastman of Amherst, Mass., Charles E. Dagenett of Denver and Prof. F…

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Compliments of Edith A. Bailly.

Eleven male students, in football uniforms, posed on the football field. 

They are identified as the 1912 football team. Left to right, front row: Charles Williams, Pete Calac, Elmer Busch, Joe Bergie, William Garlow, Joe Guyon, and Roy Large; back row: Alex Arcasa, Stansill "Possom" Powell, Gus Welch, and Jim Thorpe. 

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…

Raymond Stewart stands with his family outside his house in Rosebud, South Dakota around 1912.

The reverse side includes a note from Stewart to administrators at the Carlisle Indian School.

View of Raymond Stewart's property in Rosebud, South Dakota around 1912.

The reverse side includes a short note from Stewart to administrators at the Carlisle Indian School.

The caption reads: HOMES OF INDIANS EDUCATED AT CARLISLE

The printed note reads: ABNER ST. CYR, WINNEBAGO, NEB.    JOSEPH DUBRAY, SIOUX, REVINIA, S. D.   JAMES WALDO, KIOWA, ANADARKO, OKLAHOMA   MRS. LAURA PEDRICK, KIOWA, ANADARKO, OKLAHOMA.    LEVI ST. CYR, WINNEBAGO, WINNEBAGO…

Group portrait of eight female students and seven male students posed in front of a school building with a banner reading "Perseverance Class 1913. 

The students are identified as,back row: Francis Eastman, Henry Broker, Montreville Yuda, Fred Sickles, Peter Eastman, and Harrison Smith; middle row: Sylvia Moon, Estelle Bradley;…

Group portrait of eight female students and seven male students posed in front of a school building with a banner reading "Perseverance Class 1913. In this version of the image, the woman to the left of the banner is facing to the right. The Cumberland County Historical has another glass plate negative version of this image (00314A#70) in which…

Group portrait of eight female students, seven male students and one white female teacher, posed on the school grounds with a banner reading "Perseverance Class 1913.

Note: In the photo of this graduating class posed in front of a building, the students are identified. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society also owns a…

Group portrait of eight female students, seven male students and one white female teacher, posed on the school grounds with a banner reading "Perseverance Class 1913.

Note: In the photo of this graduating class posed in front of a building, the students are identified. 

Studio portrait of Mikey Tahdooahnippah and David Iron Elk. 

A female student posed standing in front of an easel, apparently copying a painting of flowers. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society's cataloging describes the image's label as being partially illegible, but seems to say that the student is Nettie Standing Bear.  

Studio portrait of a large group of seated and standing male and female students, identified as the graduating class of 1914. They are identified in a label attached below the photo as: 1) Louise Bluesky 2) Margaret Chilson 3) Florence Renville 4) Germaine Renville 5) Rose E. Lyons 6) Anna J. Roulette 7) Rose L. Whipper 8) Hazel N. Skye 9)…

Studio portrait of a student posed in native clothing playing a "native" flute. This is presumably James Holy Eagle. 

Part of a scrapbook compiled by William Winneshiek (Winnebago), who wrote the caption "Holy Eagle -- (Sioux) Plays the Native Flute." 

Portrait of Thomas Hawk Eagle in a football uniform. 

Part of a scrapbook compiled by William Winneshiek (Winnebago), who wrote the caption "Hawkeagle (Sioux) Guard, 1914."

A group of female and male students posed in front of the band stand on the school grounds, A male student in the front row holds a banner which reads: "Class 1915 Fidelity." The students are identified by white numbers; a list of names associated with those numbers is attached to the reverse of the photo. They are: 1) Cora M. Battice 2)…

The school band in uniform with instruments posed in front of a building. A written caption identifies George F. Tyrrell (band leader), James Garvie, and James Holy Eagle in the front row. 

The handwritten note reads: Mr. Stephen K. Murray and wife.  Cut meat, S. D.

A group of male and female students posed on the steps of a building on the school grounds. A male student in the front row holds a banner reading: "Justice Class 1917." A handwritten list of student names below the photo identifies each person. They are: 1) Sarah Fowler 2) Maude Cook 3) Hattie McAfee 4) Theodore Frank 5) Jesse Wofford 6) Peter…

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Jerome Feather.

Jerome Feather in his Infantry uniform after joining the military on June 1, 1917.

Letter from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ezra E. Hayt to Indian Agent E. Stephens at Green Bay Agency authorizing him to recruit two Menominee boys from Keshena to go to Hampton Institute, payment for which had already been sent along to Mrs. W. Wheeler from General Armstrong. Hayt also suggests that he might meet up with Indian Agent Charles…