Two Elks, Jemima

Student file of Jemima Two Elks, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 10, 1886 and departed on May 11, 1892. The file contains a student information card and a report after leaving indicating she was a housewife in Pine Ridge, South Dakota in 1910.

In school documentation Jemima Two Elks' married name is Jemima…

Student information card of Jemima Two Elks, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 10, 1886 and departed on May 11, 1892. The file indicates Two Elks was married and living in Pine Ridge, South Dakota in 1913.

The first page opened with a poem "Think," followed by a story called "Are Indians Kind to Animals? about a Carlisle girl on Outing who threw a blanket over a horse during icy weather. The next piece was about the value of labor titled "Successful Men." Page two began with an article titled "Squeezed Into Shape" that compared processing iron to…

Studio portrait of Jemima Two Elks. 

Studio portrait of Jessie Bitter (left) and Jemima Two Elks (right). 

Studio portrait of Jessie Bitter (at left) and Jemima Two Elks (at right).

Wrapper for response to return of Jemima Two Elks to her mother sent by Richard Henry Pratt.