Doanmoe, Richard

Student information card of Richard Doanmoe, a member of the Kiowa Nation, who entered the school on December 14, 1891 and departed on April 21, 1892.

Student information card of Richard Doanmoe, a member of the Kiowa Nation, who entered the school on December 14, 1891 and departed on April 21, 1892. The file indicates Doanmoe was the first child born at the Carlisle School on July 23, 1886.

The first page opened with a poem, "The Old Steam Mill," followed by a fictitious conversation between two Carlisle Indian School students, Tom and Ben discussing the merits of work and study. It continued on page four. Page two included news from Pine Ridge Agency, and of the Standing family’s trip to Liverpool, the value of repeating unknown…

The first page began with a poem titled “Do Your Best,” followed by “The Man-On-the-Band-Stand and a Stranger,” which described the “old gentleman’s” effort to thwart the hiring of an Outing student who was careless with arithmetic. It continued on page four. Page two began with “A Manly Resolution,” that reported Felix Iron Eaglefeather’s (…

Richard Doanmoe as an infant. Doanmoe was born in 1886 and this photograph was probably taken soon after.

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.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies…

Studio portrait of Richard Doanmoe, posed seated upright in a chair. 

Studio portrait of Richard Doanmoe, the son of students Etadleuh and Laura Doanmoe. 

This image also contains caption information for a different photograph.

Studio portrait of Richard Doanmoe posed on a wooden gate.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Richard Doanmoe "Kiowa"

Studio portrait of Richard Doanmoe posed on a wooden gate. The caption says that he was three years old when this photo was taken.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has four copies of this image: PA-CH2-016b and CS-CH-004.1-.3.