Sioux (Wahpeton)

Student information card of George Walker, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 6, 1879 and departed on April 24, 1883.

Student file of Adam (First Born) (here Adam First Born). No entrance or departure dates are given, and no Nation is given. The file contains a blank report after leaving. 

Note: Information in other records shows Adam was a a member of the Sioux nation who arrived at the school on November 6, 1880 and departed on June 19, 1882.

Student information card of Adam (First Born), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 6, 1880 and departed on June 19, 1882.

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

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.

Student file of Jennie Lawrence, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 6, 1880 and departed on June 17, 1884. The file contains a returned student survey, a student information card, and a report after leaving indicating she was in Diamond, South Dakota in 1910.

Note: The student is referred to as both Jennie…

Student file of Katie La Croix, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 6, 1880 and departed on April 24, 1883. The file contains a student information card and a report after leaving indicating she was a housewife in Veblen, South Dakota in 1910.

Note: The student is referred to as Katie Le Croix and Kate La…

Student file of Moses Livingston (Second Born), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 6, 1880 and departed on June 17, 1884. The file contains a student information card, a letter/correspondence, and a returned student survey.

Student file of Sampson Foster (Fast Dog), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 6, 1880 and departed on June 17, 1884. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, a former student response postcard and a report after leaving indicating that Foster was a farmer in Morton, Minnesota in 1913…

Student file of Jennie Brown, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on August 28, 1896, graduated in 1899, and departed on July 1, 1899. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, a letter/correspondence, and a report after leaving. The file indicates Brown graduated from the Haskell Institute…

Student file of Joseph Brown, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on August 28, 1896 and departed on July 2, 1901. The file contains trade/position record card, a student information card, a returned student survey, former student response postcards, a letter/correspondence and a report after leaving indicating that Brown was a…

Student information cards of Lillian Brown, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on August 28, 1896 and ultimately departed on June 30, 1903.

Student file of Walter Parker, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on August 28, 1896 and departed on September 16, 1896. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, a former student response postcard and a report after leaving indicating he was a farmer in Farland, North Dakota in 1914. 

Student information card of Walter Parker, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on August 28, 1896 and departed on September 16, 1896. The file indicates Parker was living in Farland, North Dakota in 1913.

Student file of Mary Redthunder (Taninyahiyayewin Sakipota), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school July 31, 1903, graduated in 1910, and ultimately departed on July 13, 1910. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, a…

Student information card of Mary Redthunder (Taninyahiyayewin Sakitopa), a member of the Sioux Nation who entered the school on July 31, 1903, graduated in 1910, and departed on July 13, 1910. The file indicates Redthunder studied dressmaking and was living in Dulce, New Mexico in 1914.

Progress card of Mary Redthunder, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on July 31, 1903.

Student file of Henry Gray Buffalo, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on January 22, 1907 and departed on January 30, 1907. The file contains a student information card, an application for enrollment and a report after leaving indicating that Gray Buffalo was a student. 

Student file of Francis Eastman, a member of the Sioux Nation who entered the school on October 30, 1911, graduated in 1913, and ultimately departed on August 12, 1916. The student did not attend school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains an application for enrollment, medical/physical records, financial transactions,…

Student file of Smiley Finley Hopkins (also known as Smiley Hopkins and Smiley Finley), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on September 14, 1912 and departed on September 19, 1913. The file contains a student information card, a former student response postcard, an application for enrollment, medical/physical records including…

Progress card of Cornelia Eastman, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on September 6, 1912.

Photograph of a studio portrait of Dessie Prescott. 

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. 

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.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two…

Studio portrait of Nicholas Ruleau.