Student information card of Colton (here spelled Carlton) Balcatzah, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on February 2, 1884 and departed on August 18, 1887.
Balcatzah, Colton


Student information cards of Colton Balcatzah, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on February 2, 1884 and ultimately departed on August 18, 1887.
In school documentation Colton Balcatzah's name is also spelled Carlton Balcatzah and Colton Balcalzah.

An excerpt from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior for the fiscal year ending 1886, containing the Seventh Annual Report of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. The report, submitted by Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt, includes a school population table as well as discussions of…
![Pete Ocotea, Colton Balcatzah, Grasshopper, and Justin Head [version 1], c. 1885 Pete Ocotea, Colton Balcatzah, Grasshopper, and Justin Head [version 1], c. 1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/NAA_73731.jpg?itok=n9LOmkaF)
Studio portrait of Pete Ocotea, Colton Balcatzah, Grasshopper (George Nyruah), and Justin Head, all wearing school uniforms.
![Pete Ocotea, Colton Balcatzah, Grasshopper, and Justin Head [version 2], c.1885 Pete Ocotea, Colton Balcatzah, Grasshopper, and Justin Head [version 2], c.1885](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_092a.jpg?itok=9k7j5kxk)
Studio portrait of Pete Ocotea, Colton Balcatzah, Grasshopper (George Nyruah), and Justin Head, all wearing school uniforms.