Suison, Annette

Student information card of Annette Suison, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on April 30, 1887 and departed on April 8, 1897.

Student information card of Annette Suison, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on April 30, 1887 and ultimately departed on April 8, 1897.

In school documentation Annette Suison's name is also spelled Annette Suisson and Amsette Suisson.

The first page opened with an untitled poem by J. W. Burgess reprinted from Sunshine, followed by “Our Walnut Tree” about the Man-On-the-Band-Stand’s efforts to keep students from picking green walnuts. The second page began with “The Captain,” which described the speech Capt. Pratt made during the student assembly explaining his work…

Studio portrait of Annette Suison wearing a floral print dress.

Studio portrait of Annette Suison.

Studio portrait of Annette Suison with with her daughter, Eunice Suison.  

Eunice was born at the school and was one of the infants known as the "Apache Babies."

Studio portrait of Annette Suison with her daughter Eunice Suison. 

Eunice was born at the school and was one of the infants known as the "Apache babies."

Studio portrait of a group of four female students with an older Native American man. The original caption identifies them as "Chihuahua and Apache."  

Based on comparison with other photographs, Cumberland County Historical Staff have suggested that the student seated in the front is Lucy Tsisnah and that the students in the back…

Studio portrait of fourteen male students and nine female students. The caption of the Cumberland County Historical Society identifies them as from the Apache nation and gives a date of 1891 for the image. Previous catloging for this version also says they are Apache students but says there is a date of 16 January 1892 in the…

Studio portrait of twenty-three students, fourteen male and nine female students, identified in the caption as "Apache Group, 1891." 

Staff at the Cumberland County Historical Society have identified, based on comparison with other photographs, that the following students are in this group: Parker Whitney West, Ernest Hogee, Viola…

Studio portrait of Annette Suison and Naomi Merkel. 

Studio portrait of Annette Suison and Naomi Merkel.

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.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the four laundress positions are filled as well as the seamstress position. Pratt further requests that Lizzie James and Jennie Wolf be allowed to take the Civil Service exam to qualify permanently.

Ella Rickert requests a transfer to the Rosebud Agency Boarding School as an assistant matron following the resignation of Annette Suison. Richard Henry Pratt endorses Rickert's transfer but as a cook.