Student file of Bruce Goesback, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on June 25, 1904 and ultimately departed on December 12, 1913. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, trade/position record, medical/physical records, newspaper clippings, a…
Black Hawk, Minnie


Progress card of Minnie Black Hawk, a member of the Hidatsa Nation, who entered the school on November 11, 1906.
Note: Although this card shows Gros Ventre, a member of the Fort Berthold community has indicated that this individual is actually Hidatsa.

Student file of Minnie Black Hawk, a member of the Hidatsa Nation, who entered the school on November 11, 1906 and ultimately departed on June 4, 1914. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains an outing record, applications for enrollment, student information cards, medical/physical records,…

Student information card of Minnie Black Hawk, a member of the Hidatsa Nation, who entered the school on November 11, 1906 and ultimately departed on June 4, 1914.
Note: Black Hawk married fellow student Edward Bracklin.
Note: Although this card shows Gros Ventre, a member of the Fort Berthold community has indicated that this…

Student file of Edward Bracklin, a member of the Chippewa nation, who entered the school on November 3, 1909 and ultimately graduated in 1914, departing on April 8, 1914. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, returned student surveys, news clippings, medical/…

Student file of Charles Pratt, a member of the Pottawatomi Nation, who entered the school on September 9, 1911 and ultimately departed on October 26, 1915. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, applications for enrollment, medical/physical records, financial…

Student file of Fay Elm, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on October 16, 1913 and departed on June 7, 1918. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, a federal financial aid form, outing evaluations, correspondence, medical/physical records, and an outing record. The file indicates Elm…

William A. Mercer forwards correspondence from Frank J. Packineau suggesting that the Superintendent of the Fort Berthold Agency is discriminating against the Carlisle Indian School by discouraging parents from sending their children there.
A transcribed copy of the handwritten letter from Packineau is included in the PDF below.…

This material includes a forwarded press copy report detailing the findings of Medical Supervisor Joseph A. Murphy's investigation of tuberculosis at the Carlisle Indian School in 1909. This report includes a list of pupils diagnosed with tuberculosis and recommended to be sent home, as well as recommendations for changes to the dormitories.…