Recruitment of Students by Native Americans

Usually former students. 

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Eadle Keatah Toh (Vol. 1, No. 1)
January 1880

The first page opened with an article titled "THE INDIAN TRAINING SCHOOL," that described the progress of the school, its Christian methods, the work of the former Ft. Marion prisoners of war preparing buildings for use, the importance of the town Sunday Schools, the school curriculum that emphasized farmwork for boys and housekeeping for girls…

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Newspapers
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
School News (Vol. 1, No. 5)
October 1880

The fifth issue opens with Roman Nose describing his trip back to Indian Territory and his reunion with his family. While there he expresses his enjoyment of the school and the benefits of education, eventually convincing the chiefs to sends twenty-one Cheyenne children and Ten Arapahoe children with him to Carlisle. The article continues onto…

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Newspapers
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Pratt Requests to Travel to St. Augustine to Recruit Students for Carlisle
June 19, 1886

Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to travel to St. Augustine with a Carlisle Indian School student from Chiricahua to provide a presentation to the Apache prisoners of war about the intentions of the Government in seeking to educate their children and how beneficial enrolling their children at Carlisle would be.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Recommendation to Send Bonito to Fort Marion for Recruitment
June 20, 1886

First Lieutenant Stephen C. Mills, the officer in charge of the Chiricahua Indian Prisoners at Fort Marion, Florida recommends sending Bonito, a student at the Carlisle Indian School and a member of the Apache Nation, to Fort Marion to discuss the benefits of sending their children to Carlisle or another Indian Training School.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Response to Secretary of the Interior Regarding Fort Marion Students
October 14, 1886

Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from Secretary of the Interior Lucius Q. C. Lamar regarding sending children and young adults at Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt provides details on the number of students that can be accommodated at Carlisle through temporary shelters and through sending students…

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Transportation of Students from Purcell, IT to Carlisle
September 7, 1888

Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Office of Indian Affairs that he has received a telegram from Joshua H. Given stating that Given was waiting for transportation for himself and a party of students to be enrolled at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that Given did not provide an exact number in his telegram so he cannot provide it to the…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Joshua Given Informs Office of Transporting Students to Carlisle
September 21, 1888

Joshua H. Given informs the Office of Indian Affairs that nine boys and two girls will start for Carlisle from Purcell, Indian Territory under his charge.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Using Extra Appropriation to Recruit Students in Michigan
June 1, 1889

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to use the extra $500 remaining in his appropriation for sending Alfred John Standing and a female assistant to recruit students in Michigan.

Pratt also notes that a former student who could have served this role returned home in order to look out for his own interests in regards to the land in…

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Fort Berthold Agency Requests Authority to Keep Students
December 11, 1895 - December 19, 1895

F. Glenn Mattoon forwards a letter from Richard Henry Pratt requesting his assistance in having Ella Rickert obtaining students from the Fort Berthold Agency. Mattoon requests that the Agency be allowed to retain all of its students.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Request to Meet with Apache and Others in Chicago
April 22, 1896

Richard Henry Pratt requests to meet with Antoino Apache, Dr. Carlos Montezuma, and others in Chicago. Pratt notes that he is going on a recruiting trip and asks Apache and Montezuma to travel with him to the San Carlos and Pima Agencies.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Pratt Requests Office Direct Oneida School to Send Students to Carlisle
August 16, 1897

Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs direct the Superintendent of the Oneida Boarding and Day Schools to send 10 or 12 students be sent to Carlisle.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Antonio Apache Requested to Come to Carlisle for Recruiting Instructions in 1897
August 26, 1897

Richard Henry Pratt informs Antonio Apache that he should travel to the Carlisle Indian School to obtain instructions on a recruiting trip for the Fort Apache and San Carlos Agencies. Pratt notes that he will be in Leavenworth, Kansas taking his examinations for promotion to Major.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Standing Provides Recruiting Authorization and Information for Antonio Apache
September 24, 1897

Alfred John Standing provides Antonio Apache authorization to recruit students for the Carlisle Indian School at the Fort Apache and San Carlos Agencies. Standing provides information on how to select students as well as how to provide the correct government forms.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society
Request to Appoint Eastman as Outing Agent
November 9, 1899

Richard Henry Pratt requests the appointment of Charles A. Eastman in the newly created position of outing agent.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Send Annie Kowuni to New Mexico to Recruit Students
June 22, 1900

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to send Annie Kowuni to New Mexico to recruit students for the Carlisle Indian School. In addition, he asks to hire a replacement for her in the office over the summer.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Report of Irregular Employees, June 1900
July 11, 1900

Major Richard H. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing submit a report that lists irregular employees who worked at the school during June 1900. The report includes details on compensation, position titles, race, and the number of days worked during that month. An explanatory cover letter is also included, which mentions that D. E.…

Format:
Letters/Correspondence, Reports
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Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Pratt Requests Office Direct Agent Hart Not to Interfere with Recruitment
August 9, 1902

Richard Henry Pratt requests the Office of Indian Affairs inform Superintendent Hart of Oneida Agency that he is not to interfere with the recruitment of students for the Carlisle Indian School, as he had done the previous year.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Correspondence Regarding Enrollment of Four Runnels Siblings
December 18, 1902 - January 23, 1903

Correspondence regarding the enrollment of Mary, Hiram, Lewis, and Thomas Runnels at the Carlisle Indian School. Albert M. Anderson, U.S. Indian Agent for the Colville Agency, complains that the Runnels were transferred to Carlisle without his consent and as such has undermined his authority.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Correspondence Regarding Complaint of Joseph C. Hart
July 26, 1904 - December 6, 1904

Correspondence regarding the complaint of Joseph C. Hart, Superintendent of the Oneida Indian School, regarding the recruitment of students for the Carlisle Indian School without his consent.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Correspondence Regarding Louis Matlock at Carlisle
August 25, 1905 - December 7, 1905

Correspondence regarding the enrollment of Louis Matlock (here spelled Matlack) at the Carlisle Indian School as well as his return to the Pawnee Agency.

Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Voucher for Dennison Wheelock Recruiting Students in 1906
May 7, 1906

William A. Mercer submits voucher for the services of Dennison Wheelock in recruiting students for the Carlisle Indian School along with his explanation.

Format:
Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Charles Dagenett Suggests that Adelia Walker Enroll at Carlisle
July 2, 1917

Charles Dagenett encourages Adelia Walker (Sioux) to apply for enrollment at the Carlisle Indian School. She had previously attended Pipestone in Minnesota, but the superintendent there and the superintendent for the Birch Coulee District felt she should continue her education. 

No documents have been found to suggest that Adelia…

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