Apache (Chiricahua)

Student information card of Nora Izancho, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on April 30, 1887 and died on November 12, 1888. Izancho was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.

In school documentation Nora Izancho's name is also spelled Nora Iznacho.

Student information card of Nora Izancho (here Iznacho), a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on April 30, 1887.

Student file of Rachel Tsikahda Morgan, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on April 30, 1887 and departed on November 4, 1895. The file contains student information cards and report after leaving indicating that Tsikahda Morgan was a housewife in Fort Still, Oklahoma in 1910.

In school documentation Rachel Tsikahda…

Student information card of Rachel Tsikahda Morgan, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on April 30, 1887 and departed on November 4, 1895.

Student information card of Sibyl Marko, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on April 30, 1887 and died on February 11, 1888. Marko was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.

In school documentation Sibyl Marko's name is also spelled Sibyl Marks.

Student file of Viola Zieh, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on April 30, 1887 and departed on July 5, 1899. The file contains student information cards and report after leaving indicating that Zieh was a houseswife in Fort Sill, Oklahoma in 1910.

In school documentation Viola Zieh's married name is Viola Chihuhua.…

Student information card of Virginia Nahaklo, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on April 30, 1887 and departed on October 16, 1889.

Student information card of Virginia Nahaklo, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on April 30, 1887 and departed on October 16, 1889.

Progress card of John Too-is-gah, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on September 20, 1911.

Note: Although this card shows an arrival date of September 21, the admissions ledger and his file suggest that he actually arrived on September 20.

Student file of John Too-is-gah, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on September 20, 1911 and departed on June 13, 1914. The file contains a trade and position record card, student information cards, an application for enrollment, medical/physical records, an outing evaluation, an outing record, and correspondence. …

Student information card of John Too-is-gah (here Tooisgah), a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on September 20, 1911 and departed on June 13, 1914.

Studio portrait of Dexter Loco (standing), Mabel Kelcusay (sitting at left), and Rachel Checote (sitting at right).

Note: Previous cataloging interprets the handwritten caption as reading: "Dexter Loco, Mabel and Rachel." Based on this information, we believe the two women to be Mabel Kelcusay (who arrived on the same day as Dexter Loco…

Studio portrait of two unidentified male students and three unidentified female students. The seated male student has been identified as Lot Eyelash. 

Studio portrait of Ernest Hogee (left), Bishop Eatennah (center), and Oswald Smith (right). All are wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Jason Betzinez, Effie Zaienah, and Maggie Iahanetha. Betzinez is wearing a school uniform. 

A group of twenty-nine male students and eight female students posed on the school grounds, identified on the reverse as "'Apache Prisoners' as they arrived at the Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa., from Fort Marion, Florida. Nov. 4/1886." There are three white men standing behind the group. The one on the far left is Richard Henry Pratt…

The handwritten note reads: Chiricahua Apaches as they arrived at Carlisle from Fort Marion, Florida, November 4th, 1886.

Humphrey Eseharzay, Samson Noran, Hugh Chee, Bishop Eatennah, Basil Ekarden, Ernest Hogee, Clement Seanilzay, [Beatrice?] Kiahtel, Janette Pahgastatum, Margaret Y. Nadasthilah, Kredk […

Portrait of three male students and four female students photographed in the clothing they arrived in. Standing behind them are Richard Henry Pratt (second from the left), two uniformed soldiers, and one male student in uniform with a scarf (right). They are posed on the school grounds.

The Cumberland County Historical Society identifies…

Studio portrait of Ambrose Chachu wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Annette Suisson wearing a floral print dress.

Studio portrait of Annette Suisson.

Studio portrait of Dexter Loco, Oliver Bitchaiet, and Duncan Balatchu.

Studio portrait of eight male students and three female students, all wearing school uniforms. 

These have been identified as the Chiricahua Apache students who arrived at Carlisle from Fort Marion, Florida, November 4th, 1886, taken at an unknown later date.

A researcher has identified them as: back row, left to right, …

Studio portrait of four male students, two holding decorative beaded canes. They are identified in the caption as being from the Apache nation.

A researcher has identified them as, left to right, David Kazhe, Alphonso Eolisto, Lambert Istone seated), and Morgan Kazhe. 

Studio portrait of Humphrey Escharzay and Clement Naodlada, both wearing school uniforms.