Sioux (Yankton)
Primary tabs
Student information card of Mary Bear, a member of the Yankton Nation, who entered the school on April 15, 1890 and departed on July 2, 1898. The file indicates that Bear married fellow student Ezra Ricker.
Student information card of Melissa Zephier, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on August 27, 1897 and departed on October 3, 1898.
Studio portrait of Nancy Renville and Justine La Framboise, both wearing school-issued print dresses.
Studio portrait of Nancy Renville and Justine La Framboise, both wearing school-issued print dresses.
Student file of Nancy Renville, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 6, 1879 and departed on August 17, 1880. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving indicating she was a housewife in Peever, South Dakota in...
Student file of Narcise Pretty Face, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on February 23, 1901 and departed on May 29, 1906. The file contains a student information card, a news clipping, a returned student survey and a report after leaving indicating that he was residing in Crow...
Student file of Olaf Gray, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on February 23, 1901 and departed on June 28, 1906. The file contains a student information card, a trade record card, a returned student survey, a letter, and a report after leaving indicating that in 1912 Gray was...
Student file of Orlando Pence, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on June 28, 1908 and departed on July 4, 1908. The file contains an application for enrollment and a student information card.

Cemetery information and mortuary documents related to Richard Morgan, a member of the Sioux Nation.
Student information card of Richard Morgan, a member of the Yankton Nation, who entered the school on April 15, 1890 and died on March 25, 1891. Morgan was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.
Student information card of Rosa Hawk, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on December 25, 1899 and departed on March 31, 1905.
Student file of Rufus Ricker, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on April 15, 1890 and departed on May 31, 1895. The file contains a returned student survey and a report after leaving indicating that he was farming in Poplar, Montana in 1910.
Student information card of Rufus Ricker, a member of the Yankton Nation, who entered the school on April 15, 1890 and departed on May 31, 1895.
Student information card of Rufus Ricker, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on April 15, 1890 and departed on May 31, 1895. The file indicates Ricker was living in Poplar, Montana in 1913.
Portrait of seventeen Native American girls in their own clothing, probably upon arrival at the school.
The original caption written on the album page for this image identifies them as Pueblo girls who had entered in August 1884. But that caption was crossed out in pencil at a later date...
It opens with the conclusion to Roman Nose’s long journey to Carlisle. He explained how at Lee he learned to mow with a scythe and milk cows, before travelling to Carlisle Barracks, where he was happy to see other Indians following the “white man’s way”. Also on the first page is a small bit...
These materials include a descriptive statement of pupils regarding 7 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Yankton Agency in South Dakota.
Note: Gertrude Simmons later became known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin and Zitkala-Sa.
Pages
- « first
- ‹ previous
- 1
- 2
- 3
