American Horse, Robert

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Robert American Horse (Cut Ears) Student File
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Student file of Robert American Horse, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 6, 1879 and ultimately departed on June 14, 1887. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains a student information card, a trade/position record card, a report after leaving, a returned…

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National Archives and Records Administration
Robert American Horse (Cut Ears) Student Information Card
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Student information card of Robert American Horse (Cut Ears) (here written as Cut Ear), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 6, 1879 and departed on June 14, 1887. The file indicates American Horse was living in Kyle, South Dakota in 1913 and Manderson, South Dakota in 1914.

Note: In a letter describing the…

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National Archives and Records Administration
The Indian Helper (Vol. 5, No. 19)
January 10, 1890

The first page opened with a notice that there were no Indian Helper newspapers published for December 28 and January 3rd. A notice followed: “A Novel Christmas Present: Our Superintendent Made with his own Hands a tin Cup for Each Employee.” Next was a poem, by “E.G.“dated Dec. 25, ’89 titled “The School Poet Again Stirred” about…

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Newspapers
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Cumberland County Historical Society
The Red Man and Helper (Vol. 1, No. 14)
October 12, 1900

A description of this document is not currently available.

Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 17).

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Newspapers
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Robert American Horse, 1879

Carte de visite image of Robert American Horse (Cut Ears), among the first party of students from Rosebud and Pine Ridge Reservations.

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Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Letters from Pratt to White Thunder about the Health of Ernest, 1880
December 6-13, 1880

Seven letters, written between December 6 and December 13, 1880, from Richard Henry Pratt to Chief White Thunder about the illness of his son, Ernest. 

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Letters/Correspondence
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Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Pratt Tells White Thunder of the Death of Ernest, 1880
December 14, 1880

Richard Henry Pratt writes to Chief White Thunder telling him of the death of his son, Ernest. 

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Letters/Correspondence
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Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
American Horse Requests Permission to Visit Carlisle
March 17-28, 1882

American Horse asks Richard Henry Pratt if he may come to Carlisle to visit his children attending the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt writes to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he believes American Horse coming to Carlisle would help keep his children in school for another two years and he would not need to be accompanied or spied upon.…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Arrival of 68 Students from Rosebud and Pine Ridge Agencies
December 1, 1882

Richard Henry Pratt reports the arrival of 68 students at the Carlisle Indian School from the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Agencies.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Descriptive Statement of Pupils from Pine Ridge Agency, 1885
September 9, 1885

These materials include a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 13 children transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Pine Ridge Agency.

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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
List of Students to be Returned to their Homes for May 1887
May 26, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs with a list of 80 students to return to their homes due to expiration of their terms and sickness. Pratt also details the travel arrangements for travel to the various agencies and locations. He also notes that 68 pupils whose terms have expired have elected to remain at the school.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Agency Update on Former Students Living at the Pine Ridge Agency
December 26, 1891 - January 4, 1892

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a copy of a letter from George LeRoy Brown, Acting U.S. Indian Agent for the Pine Ridge Agency, to the Office of Indian Affairs. In Brown's letter he provides an update and a character assessment on former Carlisle Indian School students he has met.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration