Student file of Daniel Milk, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 6, 1879 and ultimately departed on July 6, 1885. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, correspondence related Milk's decision to not donate to the Alumni Association, a…
Milk, Daniel
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Student information card of Daniel Milk (Warrior), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 6, 1879 and departed on July 6, 1885. The file indicates Milk was living in St. Charles, South Dakota in 1913.
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National Archives and Records Administration
November 13, 1885
The first page opened with a poem titled "Found in the Path," followed by an article called "Are You His Equal?" that described an incident in which the Man-on-the-Band-Stand criticized a Carlisle student's letter home because it complained about having to work with a man with darker…
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Newspapers
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Student Awards and Prizes, Industrial Training - Tinsmithing, Enrollment Statistics, Student and Former Student Criticism of the School, School Employees - Industrial Training, School Employees - Teachers, School Employees - Building and Maintenance Staff, Religious Activities at the School, Students Writing Home
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Cumberland County Historical Society
April 16, 1886
The first page opens with a poem titled "There's Danger," about the evils of drink. Next appears "In an Indian Camp: How to Cook Beans," adapted from the Cheyenne Transporter newspaper, about cleaning cooking utensils before using them. The article continues on page four. Page two includes "The Work of the Blind" that describes samples of…
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Newspapers
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Cumberland County Historical Society
![Four male Sioux students [version 1], c.1879](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/Potamkin%20%2326%20%28Choate%20%2332%29%20Full%20043.jpg?itok=vjsGyGAr "Four male Sioux students [version 1], c.1879")
Four male students posed on the bandstand on the school grounds. They are Joe Taylor, Dennis (Strikes First), Daniel Milk (Warrior), and Nathan (Ear).
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Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
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Cumberland County Historical Society
![Four male Sioux students [version 2], c.1879](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/CCHS_sg0319.jpg?itok=PhsOmRkq "Four male Sioux students [version 2], c.1879")
Four male students posed on the bandstand on the school grounds. They are Joe Taylor, Dennis (Strikes First), Daniel Milk (Warrior), and Nathan (Ear).
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Stereograph
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Daniel Milk.
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Photographic Print, B&W
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Cumberland County Historical Society
The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: July 16, 1909. Daniel W. Milk. Ponca Creek Issue Station. Saint Charles, S. Dak.
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Photographic Print, B&W
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National Archives and Records Administration
September 30, 1879
Descriptive Statement of young people being sent to the Carlisle Indian School from Rosebud Agency, as sent by the Rosebud Indian Agent Cicero Newell.
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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 5, 1887
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a statement from the Second Auditor of the Treasury in settlement of his accounts from the fourth quarter of 1884 to and including the fourth quarter of 1885. Pratt goes through a list of transportation costs that were disallowed due to a portion of the road being subsidized by bond.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
August 8 - September 3, 1898
Richard Henry Pratt responds to a request for the return of Uriah Goodcane written at the request of his father Daniel Milk.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration