Sioux (Yankton)

Studio portrait of Gabriel Renville. 

Note: Gabriel Renville was the father of students John Renville and Nancy Renville. This photo was probably taken between August 10, 1880 (when he came to Carlisle to bring home the body of John, who had died at the school) and August 17, 1880 (when he and his daughter Nancy left the school).…

Studio portrait of Gabriel Renville. 

Note: Gabriel Renville was the father of students John Renville and Nancy Renville. This photo was probably taken between August 10, 1880 (when he came to Carlisle to bring home the body of John, who had died at the school) and August 17, 1880 (when he and his daughter Nancy left the school).…

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 and the note added "Incorrectly marked."…

Portrait of male and female students posed on the steps of a building on the school grounds. The caption identifies them as being from the Fort Peck reservation. The Cumberland County Historical Society's copy identifies them as Assiniboine and Yankton Sioux from Fort Peck, Montana.

Portrait of male and female students posed on steps of a building on the school grounds. The caption says that they are "Assiniboine and Yankton Sioux from Fort Peck, Montana." 

Studio portrait of Ezra Ricker and Quincy Adams.

Studio portrait of Allie Blaine. 

Studio portrait of Blanche Melbourne, Rufus Ricker, and Ezra Ricker.

Studio portrait of Alpha Scott.

Note: This image also contains caption information for other photographs.

Studio portrait of a student who is probably George Buck wearing a uniform. 

Note: This person was previously identified as George Bull, but we believe he is George Buck.

Studio portrait of Martha Washington wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of the graduating class of 1901. 

The students are identified with white numbers corresponding to the typed label below the photograph.

Note: Edwin Smith, a member of this graduating class, is not included in the photo.

Students posed in a classroom with a white female teacher. Two female and two male students are writing on the blackboard at the back of the room. Each has a name written in front of them. They are, left to right, Theresa Brown, Olaf Gray, John Deloria, and Lena George. 

Cataloging by the Cumberland County Historical Society…

Studio portrait of John Wizi, Thomas Saul, and Alfred Saul. All are wearing dark-colored turtleneck sweaters and dark blazers. 

Studio photograph of the graduating class of 1903.

View of David and his wife, Bessie Flute, with their baby around 1910.

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.