Black, Jennie

Student file of Leonard Tyler, a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on September 6, 1880 and departed on September 18, 1883. The file contains a student information card, a former student response postcard, a returned student survey, news clippings, a report after leaving, and a letter. The file indicates that Tyler was given…

Student information card of Jennie Black (Standing Inside), a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on October 22, 1883 and departed on July 8, 1889.

In school documentation Jennie Black is also known as Standing Inside.

Student information card of Jennie Black, a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on October 22, 1883 and departed on July 8, 1889.

    The first page opens with a poem titled "Patient Holding Out,” by Alice Carey. It is followed by sets of twenty-two rules of behavior titled “What a Girl Should Learn” and "What a Boy Should Learn.” The page ended with a paragraph about labor strikes. Page two features many small news items such as descriptions about…

    The first page opens with a poem titled "Spring,” followed by "How a Pawnee Got Ahead of a Cheyenne Chief: A Story as told by one of our Boys," in which a U.S. congressman’s position was chastised using an analogy of a Cheyenne-Pawnee skirmish. There is also a blurb about temperance on this page. Page two features many…

The first page opened with a poem by E.G. titled "U.S.I.D.” followed by the next installment of the series titled “How An Indian Girl Might Tell Her Own Story if She Had the Chance: Founded on Actual Observations of the Man-on-the-band-stand’s Chief Clerk” (continued from the previous week). The story continued on the fourth page. Page two…

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 29).

Studio portrait of Jennie Black probably wearing school uniform. 

Studio portrait of Jennie Black probably wearing school uniform. 

Studio portrait of nine female students, all wearing school uniforms. They are (back row, left to right): Harriet Kyocea, Lydia Harrington, Louie Cornelius, Katie White Bird, and Julia Logan; (front row, left to right): Alice Long Pole, Jennie Black, Nellie Aspenall, and Jennie Conners.

Studio portrait of nine female students, all wearing school uniforms. They are (back row, left to right): Harriet Kyocea, Lydia Harrington, Louie Cornelius, Katie White Bird, and Julia Logan; (front row, left to right): Alice Long Pole, Jennie Black, Nellie Aspenall, and Jennie Conners.

Studio portrait of Ernie Black and his sister Jennie Black.

A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Ernie Black and his Sister.

Studio portrait of Ernie Black and Jennie Black.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Ernie Black and Sister. Cheyennes from Ind. Ter.

This photograph originally appeared in an album that E. A. Seabrook, a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, received from his students on December 25, 1886…

Studio portrait of Ernie Black and his sister Jennie Black. 

A series of twenty-three letters written to Captain Richard H. Pratt in response to a questionnaire sent to former students. The accompanying questionnaire forms are not included.

Transcripts follow each handwritten letter.