White Bird, Katie

Student file of Katie White Bird, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 30, 1882 and departed on June 14, 1887. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving indicating she was working as a housekeeper in Pine Ridge, South Dakota in 1910.

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Student information card of Katie White Bird, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 30, 1882 and departed on June 14, 1887. The file indicates White Bird was married and living in Pine Ridge, South Dakota in 1913.

Student information card of Manuel Romero, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on September 16, 1911 and ultimately departed on December 2, 1914.

Studio portrait of nine female students, all wearing school uniforms. They are (back row, left to right): Harriet Kyocea, Lydia Harrington, Louie Cornelius, Katie White Bird, and Julia Logan; (front row, left to right): Alice Long Pole, Jennie Black, Nellie Aspenall, and Jennie Conners.

Studio portrait of nine female students, all wearing school uniforms. They are (back row, left to right): Harriet Kyocea, Lydia Harrington, Louie Cornelius, Katie White Bird, and Julia Logan; (front row, left to right): Alice Long Pole, Jennie Black, Nellie Aspenall, and Jennie Conners.

Studio portrait of William Brown and Katie White Bird, both probably wearing school uniforms.

Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs with a list of 80 students to return to their homes due to expiration of their terms and sickness. Pratt also details the travel arrangements for travel to the various agencies and locations. He also notes that 68 pupils whose terms have expired have elected to remain at the school.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a copy of a letter from George LeRoy Brown, Acting U.S. Indian Agent for the Pine Ridge Agency, to the Office of Indian Affairs. In Brown's letter he provides an update and a character assessment on former Carlisle Indian School students he has met.