Rufus

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Rufus (Strikes the Enemy) Student Information Card
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Student information card of Rufus, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 6, 1879 and departed on February 20, 1882.

In school documentation Rufus is also known as Strikes the Enemy and To-kah-ah-pah.

 

Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Emma (Plenty Aunt), Rufus (Strikes the Enemy), Theron Two Strike, and Arthur Two Strike, c.1879

Group portrait of one female and three male students in front of a building on the school grounds. Annotations on the image state they were relatives of Black Crow. Based on that information they are probably Emma (Plenty Aunt), Rufus (Strikes the Enemy), Theron Two Strike, and Arthur Two Strike. 

Format:
Glass Plate Negative, Stereograph
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Five male Sioux students [version 1], 1880

Studio portrait of Bernard (Hawk Charging Daylight) (standing at left), Horace (Horse) (standing at right), Reuben Quick Bear (Kills the Enemy) (seated at left), John Renville (seated at center), and Rufus (Strikes the Enemy) (seated at right). All are wearing school uniforms.

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Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Five male Sioux students [version 2], 1880

Studio portrait of Bernard (Hawk Charging Daylight) (standing at left), Horace (Horse) (standing at right), Reuben Quick Bear (Kills the Enemy) (seated at left), John Renville (seated in center), and Rufus (Strikes the Enemy (seated at right). All are wearing school uniforms.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society dates this…

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Format:
Photographic Print, B&W
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Request to Return Home Four Pine Ridge Students
March 21, 1882

Richard Henry Pratt seeks the authority to return home Horace, Rufus, Morgan, and Austin due to poor health from consumption and scrofula.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Permission Sought to Return Sick Students Home in April 1882
April 5, 1882

Richard Henry Pratt requests action on an earlier letter requesting permission to return four students home to the Pine Ridge Agency due to ill health.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Long Face Requests Money Appropriated for Educating Two Deceased Daughters
June 20-28, 1882

Long Face requests the money that was appropriated to educate his two daughters Rose and Mary who were unable to fulfill their three year terms due to ill health and subsequently death.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration