Images

Studio portrait of two unidentified male students in athletic clothing, possibly baseball uniforms. On the floor in front of them are gloves and a ball. 

Studio portrait of Luke Bear Shield.

A handwritten caption along the top of the image probably reads: Luke Bear Shield.

Studio portrait of Reuben Wolf. He appears to be wearing false mustache and there is a bag (resembling a doctor's bag) slung across his shoulder.

Studio portrait of Jennie Dubray.

A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Jennie Dubray. 

Studio portrait of Andrew Beard (left) and Thomas Blackbear (right). 

Studio portrait of James Y. Miller.

Studio portrait of Phoebe Howell.

Studio portrait of three unidentified male students and four unidentified female students. The male students are all wearing school uniforms. 

Previous cataloging identifies them as "Dakota Indians"; it's not clear what this is based on. 

Studio portrait of Maggie Thomas. 

Studio portrait of Willis Black Bear. Handwritten caption along side of image probably reads: Willis B. Bear.

Studio portrait of Joe Pawnee wearing a uniform and holding a bugle.

Studio portrait of Reuben Wolf (left) and Robert Matthews (right).

Studio portrait of Ellen Hansel and her brother, Willie Hansel. Willie is wearing school uniform, and Ellen may be as well. 

Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption on this plate says "Ellen Mansee and her brother." There is no student by that name, so the identification of the students in this image is a best guess. 

Studio portrait of three unidentified male students and four unidentified female students.

Previous cataloging identifies them as "Dakota Brule" but says the identification is uncertain. It's not clear what this is based on. 

View of young male and female students wearing uniforms seated at desks in a schoolroom. There is a row of male students standing at the rear in front of a chalk board. The students have their faces turned to the photographer.  

School nurse Margaret Wilson and Dr. Obadiah Given posed with a student lying in a bed in the ward of the school hospital. 

Note: School records show Wilson worked at the school from 1881 until 1889. Given was employed there from 1884 to 1889. 

Dr. Obadiah Given posed in the dispensary of the hospital. 

Note: School records show Dr. Given worked at the school between 1884 and 1889. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-080b and BS-CH-050.

View of the Small Boys' Quarters with several younger male students standing in front, some with brooms. 

Group portrait of a group of white women of different ages, probably teachers, posed on the school grounds. 

Portrait of Richard Henry Pratt and the school's teachers posed on the school grounds.

Due to the presence of Dr. Obadiah Given, who worked at the school from 1884 to 1889, this image must have been taken during that period. Given is the man with the long beard sitting in front of Pratt. 

View of the Small Boys' Quarters with several younger male students standing in front, some with brooms. 

View of male students posed around the gymnasium, some with Indian clubs, some in boxing stances. The students are all wearing white shirts with suspenders. 

View of male students arranged in rows, each with outstretched arms, spread out in the gymnasium. The students are all wearing white shirts with suspenders. 

View of male students arranged in rows, each with two raised Indian clubs, spread out in the gymnasium. The students are all wearing white shirts with suspenders. 

Studio portrait of seventeen unidentified male students posed with two white boys. The caption identifies them as Miss Fisher's class. School records show Effie or Elspeth Fisher taught at the school intermittently between 1881 and 1892.