Loco, Dexter

Student file of Dexter Loco (Stands in that place), a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on February 2, 1884 and ultimately departed on November 7, 1895. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards and a report after leaving that indicates Loco was a…

Student information card of Dexter Loco, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on February 2, 1884 and departed on November 7, 1895.

Studio portrait of Dexter Loco (standing), Mabel Kelcusay (sitting at left), and Rachel Checote (sitting at right).

Note: Previous cataloging interprets the handwritten caption as reading: "Dexter Loco, Mabel and Rachel." Based on this information, we believe the two women to be Mabel Kelcusay (who arrived on the same day as Dexter Loco…

Studio portrait of Dexter Loco, Oliver Bitchaiet, and Duncan Balatchu.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter enclosing a letter from Acting Agent Captain Lewis Johnson regarding students from the San Carlos Agency at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt provides a list of the students who remain at Carlisle and notes that they have all consented to remain at Carlisle beyond their initial…

Correspondence regarding a request from Apache prisoners of war for the return of their children from the Carlisle Indian School. Included in the correspondence are various recommendations for the students as well as Richard Henry Pratt's philosophy in educating the Apache students and his views on interpreters.

Richard Henry Pratt provides Daniel M. Browning of the decisions of the Apache students at the Carlisle Indian School relative to returning to their homes or staying at Carlisle.