Students from Alaska

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Request to Enroll Two Alaskan Students at the Carlisle Indian School
December 9, 1887

Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority from the Office of Indian Affairs to enroll two students from Alaska at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that the students were brought from the Sitka school to learn the printing and tin smithing trades by Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson. Jackson claims he had authority from the Office to enroll the students…

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Alaskan Students at Carlisle and North American Libel Article
December 18, 1902

Richard Henry Pratt provides a history of Alaskan students at the Carlisle Indian School and notes that their education has been accomplished through the use of extra funds.

Also included is a newspaper clipping from the North American concerning a libel case against the author of a previous article regarding murder accusations…

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Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Send Students from the Interior of Alaska
April 13, 1903

Gilbert Hitchcock, Nebraska Congressman, requests on behalf of A. A. Selden if Selden can bring six students from the interior of Alaska to the coast in order to send them to the Carlisle Indian School.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Information on how to Return Alaskan Students Home
July 16, 1904

William A. Mercer requests the Office of Indian Affairs inform him how to pay expenses involved to returning students from Alaska to their homes.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Marsden Requests to be Informed if Alaskan Students are Being Returned
November 15, 1904

Edward Marsden requests to be informed if a rumor regarding the return of Alaskan students at Carlisle to their homes is true.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Inquiry into Using Fund to Return Alaskan Students in Case of Lottie Hilton
July 6, 1906

William A. Mercer requests to know if the recent appropriation allowing for funds to transport Alaskan students to their homes would apply to Lottie Hilton.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Pay for the Return of Louis Paul
October 10, 1906

William A. Mercer requests authority to pay for the return of Louis Paul (here Lewis Paul) to his home in Alaska.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Mercer Further Requests Modification to Allow for Return of Alaskan Students
January 24, 1907

William A. Mercer requests a modification of the Deficiency Appropriation Act to allow for returning an unlimited number of Alaskan students to their homes.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Mercer Inquires if Legislation was Passed Regarding Returning Alaskan Students
March 23, 1907

William A. Mercer inquires if any legislation was passed allowing for the return of students to their homes in Alaska.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Requests to Return Home for Three Students
March 6 - April 8, 1908

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to return Garfield Sitarangok and William King to their respective homes on account of health. A further request to return Samuel Anaruk to his home along with Sitrangok is included.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request for Return Home of Eugene Geffe
April 7 - June 6, 1908

These materials include correspondence regarding a request to return Eugene Geffe to his home in Wrangle, Alaska following his graduation from the Carlisle Indian School.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Request to Return Alaskan Students
May 28 - June 18, 1908

These materials include correspondence regarding the return of Alaskan students to their home and a request by the Superintendent to pay their fares.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Petition of Alaskan Students to Return Home
June 11 - August 29, 1908

These materials include a petition and correspondence regarding a request by a group of Alaskan students to be returned to their homes.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
Enrollment of Non-American Citizens and Porto Ricans, Etc., in Indian Schools, 1916
November 29, 1916

In response to a question about whether students from Mexico could be admitted to the Carlisle Indian School, this memorandum is a compilation of information regarding the enrollment of individuals who are not American citizens, including individuals from Alaska, Puerto Rico (Porto Rico), and the Philippines. The memo discusses enrollment…

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Reports
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National Archives and Records Administration