Student information card of Thomas Pelcoya, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on April 30, 1887 and departed on December 10, 1894.
In school documentation Thomas Pelcoya is also known as Pel-co-ya.
Pelcoya, Thomas
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National Archives and Records Administration
![Charles Istee, Humphrey Escharzay, and Thomas Pelcoya [?], c.1888](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/NAA_74341.jpg?itok=X9nOSVDK "Charles Istee, Humphrey Escharzay, and Thomas Pelcoya [?], c.1888")
Studio portrait of Charles Istee, Humphrey Escharzay, and Thomas Pelcoya [?]; two are wearing school uniforms.
Note: The identification of Thomas Pelcoya is preliminary. Previously cataloging indicates the handwritten caption includes the name "Thomas," and Thomas Pelcoya is the only male Apache student who attended at the same time…
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Glass Plate Negative
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National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution