Student information card of Maggie (Stands Looking), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 6, 1879 and departed on November 19, 1884.
Belt, Maggie Standslooking
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July 1881
The entire first page is a letter from Virginia Oequa (Kiowa) to her teacher Miss H, sent after she left Carlisle to work on a farm for a few weeks. She sent her love and explained the pride she took in her work. Page two had two articles on the shooting of President James Garfield, written by Samuel Townsend (Pawnee) and Robert W. Stewart (…
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Cumberland County Historical Society
June 1882
On the first page Justine A. LaFromboise describes her trip to Carlisle, explaining how her father convinced her to go get an education. The story continues on page four. On page two Ellis B. Childers (Creek) explained that he will be the editor while Charles Kihega (Iowa) visits home. C. Kihega examines the misconceptions whites and Indians…
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Cumberland County Historical Society
January 1883
Page one was entirely taken up by a letter from Summer Riggs (Cheyenne), in which he discussed visiting friends and how a white man wanted to learn his actual name, Marchewa, in his native language. Page two mentioned issues that some Congressmen have with rules and conditions students at the school. There was also a letter from White Buffalo…
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Cumberland County Historical Society