Student file of Cyrus Dickson, a member of the Pueblo Nation, who entered the school on February 4, 1881 and ultimately departed on June 22, 1886. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards listing two outings.
In school documentation Cyrus Dickson is also known…
Student information card of Cyrus Dickson, a member of the Pueblo Nation, who entered the school on February 4, 1881 and departed on June 22, 1886.
The first page talked about the cost of educating an Indian vs the cost of killing one to support the Indian Schools. The article was titled “The Amount it Takes to Kill One Indian Would Establish Many School Like Carlisle and Hampton” by Michael Burns (Apache). The second page has an article encouraging students to only speak English to learn…
Studio portrait of John Dixon (seated) and Cyrus Dickson (standing), both wearing school uniforms. John is also known as John Dickson and was Cyrus' brother.
Note: CCHS identifies the sitters as Cyrus and John. Identification here is based on contextual information.
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a list of names of Pueblo students brought by the Rev. Sheldon Jackson to Carlisle in February 1881.
F. Marcellus Marshall writes to the Office of Indian Affairs seeking to see if Cyrus and John Dickson can return to the Carlisle Indian School. Marshall notes that the Dickson brothers have been working the railroad and on the Albuquerque school house to raise money to return to Carlisle.
Alfred John Standing responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter providing information on former students Cyrus Dickson and John Dickson (also known at the school as John Dixon). He indicates that Cyrus spent one year in the harness shop and two and half years in the carpenter shop with John spending three years in the carpenter shop.