Cemetery information and mortuary documents related to Anastasia Achwack, a member of the Aleut Nation.
Note: Although the school documentation consistently uses the spelling Achwack, family have indicated that the proper spelling of Anastasia's last name is Ashouwak.
Student information card of Anastasia Achwack, a member of the Aleut Nation, who entered the school on July 11, 1901. She died on June 19, 1904 and was buried in the school cemetery.
Note: Although the school documentation consistently uses the spelling Achwack, family have indicated that the proper spelling of Anastasia's last name is…
Student information card of Anastasia Achwack, a member of the Aleut Nation, who entered the school on July 11, 1901 and died on June 19, 1904.
Note: Although the school documentation consistently uses the spelling Achwack, family have indicated that the proper spelling of Anastasia's last name is Ashouwak.
Previous cataloging identified the students as being from Alaska and provides a date of 1901 for the image. It also identifies the white man as an Indian agent.
Based on this, this group would be the one that arrived July 11, 1901 from Woody Island, Alaska. The issue of the school newspaper also mentions that a Mr. C. E. Bunnell…
Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the death of Anastasia Achwack. (Family have indicated that the proper spelling of her last name should be Ashouwak.) He further requests authority to pay for her burial.