An excerpt from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior for the fiscal year ending 1882, containing the annual report of the Carlisle Indian School. The report includes discussions of school enrollment, experiences of students on outing and outing patrons, curriculum, wages for students,…
Students Speaking English
1882
Format:
Book
Topics:
Annual Reports, Industrial Training - General, Discipline - Enforcement of Rules, Enrollment Statistics, Students on Outings, Outing Patrons, Student Wages, Student Savings Accounts, Industrial Program Statistics, School Bakery, School Newspapers, Local Church Attendance and Activities, Donations and Bequests to the School, Students Speaking English, Military-Style Training and Organization
Repository:
Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
December 10, 1886
The first page opens with a poem titled "Much Depends on Your Aiming," about keeping to the straight path, followed by "A Boy Froze to Death While On Duty," about the effects of an ice storm on Lake Michigan followed by "Moved Again," in which the Man-on-the-band-stand opined that Indians who are not educated have no say in decisions made about…
Nation:
Format:
Newspapers
Topics:
Apache Prisoners of War (1886-1887), Christmas, Weather Events, Citizenship for Native Americans, Native Americans Visiting the School, Press Coverage of the School, School Band, Building Repairs and Expansions, School Employees - Illness, Students Speaking English, Taking Photographs of the School and Students
Repository:
Cumberland County Historical Society