Student file of Alphonsus McKay (Pahi), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1905 and departed on June 22, 1910. The file contains a news clipping, medical/physical record, a former student response postcard, a student information card, trade/position record card...

Student information card of Amos La Frambois, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 6, 1879 and died on November 26, 1879. La Frambois was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds

Progress card of Andrew Thompson, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 30, 1911.

Note: Although this card shows an arrival date of October 31, the admissions ledger and his file suggest that he actually arrived on October 30.

Student file of Christina Bailly, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on September 16, 1898 and departed on June 6, 1899. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving indicating she was a housewife in Sisseton, South Dakota...

Student information cards of Dessie Prescott, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 6, 1880 and ultimately departed on May 22, 1888.

Studio portrait of Dessie Prescott (seated far left), Jennie Lawrence (seated front left), Nellie Robertson (standing back right), and Katie La Croix (seated far right) with teacher Sarah Mather (seated in center). The students are all wearing school uniforms and holding dolls. 

The caption reads: Sun Dance, Indian Day, Chautauqua, Devils Lake, N. Dak.

The printed note on the reverse side reads: A. No. 977. American Import Co., Publishers, Minnesapolis, U.S.A. Made in Germany.

The reveside side contains a...

Page one had a report on a bill that would “increase educational privileges and establish industrial schools for the benefit of youth belonging to such nomadic Indian tribes as have educational treaty claims upon the United States.” It also talked about the creation of the Carlisle Industrial...

Student file of Edith Bailly, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on September 16, 1898 and departed on June 6, 1899. The file contains a student information card, returned student surveys, a photograph, correspondence, and a report after leaving. The file indicates Bailly...

Student file of Edward La Belle, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on January 22, 1907 and departed on March 29, 1909. The file contains a returned student survey, a student information card, an application for enrollment, trade/position cards and a report after leaving...

Student information card of Edward Upright, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 6, 1879 and died on May 5, 1881. Upright was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.

Student file of Elsie Robertson, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on July 24, 1909 and departed on June 11, 1913. The file contains a student information card, a progress/conduct card, outing evaluations, an outing record, letters/correspondence, applications for enrollment,...