The Images section features photographs, postcards, and different types of artwork, as well as reproductions of images that appeared in newspapers, magazines, and other publications. These images all reflect the Carlisle Indian School students, facilities, and staff. Images available here are drawn from files housed at the U. S. National Archives, from collections of Carlisle Indian School materials housed at various archival repositories, and from a variety of published sources. Visitors to this website are also invited to share copies of photographs from their own personal and family collections; please contact us if you have images you would like to contribute.
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Studio portrait of Ne Koh Ke Pah Nah, an Osage chief.
Newspapers record visits from the chief to Carlisle in 1891 and 1895.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Ne Koh Ke Pah Nah, an Osage chief, with two unidentified male students.
Identification of the chief is based on comparison with CCHS PA-CH2-005c. He appears to have visited the school in 1891 and 1895.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of student Charles Smith (standing at left) with three visiting chiefs and one male student.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Dennison Wheelock wearing a band uniform, holding a cornet and a conductor's baton.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Chauncey Yellow Robe (Timber Yellow Robe).
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Mawbeens Waymegance.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of James Phemister wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of George Conner (seated at right) and William Johnson [?] (probably standing at left). Both are wearing school uniforms.
Note: Previous cataloging interpreted the handwritten caption as "[?] Connor and W. Johnson." The identification of these as George Conner (who was 19 years old on arrival in 1890) and William Johnson (for whom no age was given when he arrived in 1890) is preliminary.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Cameo photographs of seventeen Sioux chiefs, all of whom visited the school in mid-February 1891 and presumably had these portrait photos taken by John N. Choate. The grouping is titled "Noted Indians" and has a copyright date of 1891. Each chief is identified by a white tag applied to his lapel. They are identified as:
Top row, left to right: Spotted Elk, Hollow Horn Bears, Big Road
Second row, left to right: Spotted Horse, Little Wound, Fire Thunder, Grass
Third row, left to right: High Hawk, Good Voice, High Pipe
Fourth row, left to right: Fire Lightening, Quick Bear, American Horse, He Dog (Pine Ridge Agency)
Bottom row, left to right: Young Man Afraid of His Horses, Two Strikes, He Dog (Rosebud Agency).
The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH2-023 and 12-10-01.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Celicia Wheelock, Ida Wheelock, James R. Wheelock, and Dennison Wheelock. James and Dennison are wearing school uniforms.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Minnie Perrine.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Charles Smith (Charles Red Hawk).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Charles Smith (left) and Henry Old Eagle (right).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Joseph Spaniard (Joe Spanish) wearing school uniform.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Isaiah Wasaquam.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Chauncey Yellow Robe (Timber Yellow Robe).
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of William Crazy Bull (seated in center), Henry Red Kettle, and Shield Thunder Bull. All are wearing school uniforms.
Note: The identification of Henry Red Kettle and Shield Thunder Bull is tentative.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Ida Wasee.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Calvin Zlomne.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Allen Yuzos.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Thomas Kitewmi and Hugh Soucea.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of fourteen male students and nine female students. The caption of the Cumberland County Historical Society identifies them as from the Apache nation and gives a date of 1891 for the image. Previous catloging for this version also says they are Apache students but says there is a date of 16 January 1892 in the caption.
Staff at the Cumberland County Historical Society have identified, based on comparison with other photographs, that the following students are in this group: Parker Whitney West, Ernest Hogee, Viola Zieh, Dorothy Dekhlikiseh, Naomi Merkel (Kohten), Janette Woods (Pahgostatum), Annette Suison, Oswald Smith, Jason Betzinez, and Gail Marko.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Studio portrait of Chester Smith.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Paul Good Bear and Joseph Spaniard.
Format: Photographic Print, B&W
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Malcolm Clark, Edward Clark, and Elmer Simon, all wearing school uniforms.
Format: Glass Plate Negative
Repository: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution