Student file of Manuel Bender, a member of the Washoe Nation, who entered the school on September 7, 1901, graduated in 1905, and departed on March 26, 1905. The file contains a student information card and a returned student survey.
In school documentation Manuel Bender is also known as Mannie Bender.
Student information card of Manuel Bender, a member of the Washoe Nation, who entered the school on September 7, 1901 and departed the school on March 26, 1905. The card indicates that he graduated in 1905.
Studio portrait of Manuel ("Mannie") Bender in a uniform posed with a cornet.
Augustine Mendoza informs the Office of Indian Affairs of actions taken by James Riley Wheelock regarding the Wheelock's United States Indian Band. William A. Mercer further comments on Wheelock's actions and advises the Office make Wheelock's actions known to agencies and schools to prevent it happening again.
This document contains correspondence concerning a complaint made by bandmaster James Wheelock that students from the school band were improperly disciplined by being locked in the guard house. The complaint, which made headlines in national newspapers including The Outlook, was investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.…