Note: As of June 2019, the remains of Jemima Metoxen have been disinterred and repatriated. Jemima Metoxen was previously interred in plot C-08.
Cemetery information and mortuary documents related to Jemima Metoxen, a member of the Oneida Nation.
Oneida (Wisconsin)
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Student file of Abram Hill, a member of the Oneida nation, who entered the school on June 22, 1887 and ultimately departed on May 19, 1897. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a letter, a trade record card that recommends him as a farmer, a returned student…
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Student file of Nicodemus Hill, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on August 16, 1889 and ultimately graduated in 1896, departing on March 4, 1896. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving…
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Student file of Isaac John, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 21, 1890 and ultimately departed on July 28, 1895. The file contains student information cards, a report after leaving, and a returned student survey that indicates John was working as a farmer in West DePere, Wisconsin in 1911.
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Student file of Mary Morris, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 19, 1895 and departed on July 1, 1901. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey in which she writes about her siblings, a photograph, correspondence, and a report after leaving. The file indicates Morris was a housewife…
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Progress card of Wilson Doxtator, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on August 23, 1898.
Note: Although this card indicates that Doxtator reentered the school on August 14, 1904, other records show that he had first enrolled at Carlisle on August 23, 1898.
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Student file of Wilson Doxtator, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on August 23, 1898 and ultimately left on July 14, 1906. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a former student response postcard, a report after leaving, and a returned…
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Student information card of Wilson Doxtator, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on August 23, 1898 and departed on July 14, 1906. The file indicates Doxtator was living in Sisseton, South Dakota in 1913.
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Student information cards of Marian Powlas, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on June 29, 1900, graduated in 1906, and ultimately departed on March 28, 1906.
In school documentation Marian Powlas' name is also spelled Marion Powlas.
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Student file of John Schenandore, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on December 16, 1900, and departed on October 10, 1905. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, a newspaper clipping, and a report after leaving indicating that Schenandore was farming in West De Pere, Wisconsin in 1912…
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Progress card of Herbert Sickles, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 11, 1903.
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Student file of Herbert Sickles, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 11, 1903, and departed on July 12, 1907. The file contains a student information card, financial and personal correspondence, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving indicating that Sickles was working as a dairyman in West De Pere…
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Student information card of Herbert Sickles, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 11, 1903 and departed on July 12, 1907.
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Student information card of Jemima Metoxen, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 11, 1903. Metoxen died on April 6, 1904 while attending the school and was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Student information card of Jemima Metoxen, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 11, 1903 and died on April 6, 1904. Metoxen was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Student file of Joshua Wheelock, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 11, 1903 and departed on June 16, 1904. The file contains a student information card and report after leaving that indicates Wheelock was living in West De Pere, Wisconsin in 1910.
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Student file of Leila Schenandoah, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 11, 1903 and departed June 23, 1908. The file contains a student information card, and a report after leaving indicating she was living in West De Pere, Wisconsin in 1912.
In school documentation Leila Schenandore's name is also spelled…
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Progress card of Leila Schenandore (here Lelia Schanandore), a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 11, 1903.
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Student information card of Leila Schenandore, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on September 11, 1903 and departed on June 23, 1908.
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Student file of Amelia Wheelock, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on August 17, 1906, and departed on June 19, 1911. The file contains a student information card, a progress card, correspondence, physical records, an outing record, an application for admission, a returned student survey, an outing evaluation, and a…
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Progress card of Mary L. Silas, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on August 17, 1906.
Note: Although this card shows an arrival date of September, her file and information card suggest that she actually arrived on August 17.
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Student information card of Mary L. Silas, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on August 17, 1906 and departed on September 12, 1910.
In school documentation Mary L. Silas is also known as Mary Louis Silas. Her married name is Mary Cornelius (Mrs. James Cornelius).
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Student information card of Mary L. Silas, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on August 17, 1906 and departed on September 12, 1910. The file indicates Silas was married and living in West De Pere, Wisconsin in 1913.
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National Archives and Records Administration
April 6, 1888
The first page opened with a poem "The Happy Philosopher," followed by "From the Indian Question to the Weather," a piece describing stereotypical prejudices and the importance of keeping Indians away from idle influences. Then came a report, "Our Guardhouse," extracted from essays by Richard Davis (Cheyenne) and Frank Dorian (Iowa) that…
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Newspapers
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Cumberland County Historical Society
October 5, 1888
The first page opened with a poem “The Two Words,” followed by Lucy Jordan’s letter to the Man-On-The-Band-Stand titled “Carlisle A Bright Picture” in which she mused about her days’ past at Carlisle and life at home on the Stockbridge Reservation. Next came “A Budget of News from Eliza Bell” (Creek) with word from the Nuyaka Mission, Indian…
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Newspapers
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Cumberland County Historical Society