McKenzie, Zoe

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Zoe McKenzie Student File
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File of Zoe McKenzie (here spelled Zouie), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 6, 1879 and departed on June 23, 1880. Her role at the school was that of an assistant matron and interpreter for the first group of students who traveled from Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations. The file contains an information card and…

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National Archives and Records Administration
Zoe McKenzie Student Information Card
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Student information card of Zoe McKenzie (here spelled Zouie), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 6, 1879 and departed on June 23, 1880.

 

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National Archives and Records Administration
Henry Horse Looking (Calls Relatives) Student File
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Student file of Henry Horse Looking (Calls Relatives), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 14, 1883, and ultimately departed on June 7, 1897. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, former student response postcards, correspondence…

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National Archives and Records Administration
First Group of Female Students [Smaller Group], 1879

Group portrait of the first female students, taken on the morning after their arrival on October 6, 1879 

Note: This image is different from the more commonly seen one. Here there are only twelve people in the back row, not thirteen (it is not yet determined who is not present here). Sarah Mather and Charles Tackett are not included…

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Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
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Cumberland County Historical Society
First group of female students [version 1], 1879

Group portrait of the first female students, taken on the morning after their arrival on October 6, 1879. Matron Sarah Mather is standing at left and interpreter Charles Tackett is standing at right. 

This image appears in John N. Choate's Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA: J. N. Choate, 1902).

The…

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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
First group of female students [version 2], 1879

Group portrait of the first female students, taken on the morning after their arrival on October 6, 1879. Matron Sarah Mather is standing at left and interpreter Charles Tackett is standing at left. 

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Stereograph
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Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
First group of female students [version 3], 1879

Group portrait of the first female students, taken on the morning after their arrival on October 6, 1879. Matron Sarah Mather is standing at left and interpreter Charles Tackett is standing at left.

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Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Cecil (Red Man), Walter Bullman, Zoe McKenzie, and Ruth (Looking Woman) [version 1], c.1879

Portrait of Cecil (Red Man), Walter Bullman, Zoe McKenzie, and Ruth (Looking Woman) posed on the staircase of the bandstand on the school grounds. 

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Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Cecil (Red Man), Walter Bullman, Zoe McKenzie, and Ruth (Looking Woman) [version 2], c.1879

Portrait of Cecil (Red Man), Walter Bullman, Zoe McKenzie, and Ruth (Looking Woman) posed on the staircase of the bandstand on the school grounds. 

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Stereograph
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Monthly School Report for January 1880
January 31, 1880

Two duplicate copies of the monthly school report for January 1880, submitted by the Carlisle Indian Training School to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The report includes a list of employees, a count of students by Nation/Tribe, descriptions of the educational program, and Superintendent Richard Henry Pratt's remarks about developments and…

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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
List of Sioux Students to be Returned
June 15, 1880

Richard Henry Pratt provides a list to the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affair of the students to be returned home at the request of Sioux chiefs. Assistant matron Zoe McKenzie will accompany them, particularly to care for Thomas.

Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives microfilm reels (M234), which were filmed from the…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Pay Assistant Matron Zoe McKenzie's Claim
June 17, 1880

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he hired Zoe McKenzie to serve as an interpreter and assistant matron when he brought Sioux students to the Carlisle Indian School in 1879. Pratt notes that he paid her a monthly salary of $10 and covered her expenses and requests authority from Commissioner of Indian Affairs R. E.…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration