Big Head

Student file of Ruth, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 6, 1879 and departed on June 19, 1882. The file contains a student information card.

Note: This student is identified in other school documentation as Ruth Big Head. 

Student information card of Ruth (Looking Woman) (identified here as Ruth Big Head), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 6, 1879 and departed on June 19, 1882.

Note: This student is identified in other school documentation as Ruth (Looking Woman). She was the daughter of Big Head. 

Student information card of Harry Hoover (Big Head), a member of the Arapahoe Nation, who entered the school on August 31, 1882 and departed on June 17, 1884. The file indicates that Hoover changed his name to Henry Cryer.

Student information card of Harry Hoover (Big Head), a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on August 31, 1882 and departed on June 17, 1884.

Student file of Maggie Hickman, a member of the Assiniboine Nation, who entered the school on April 15, 1890 and departed on July 5, 1893. The file contains student information cards, a report after leaving, a returned student survey, and correspondence indicating that she had adopted a baby girl and was living in Poplar, Montana in 1913.

Student information card of Maggie Hickman, a member of the Assiniboine Nation, who entered the school on April 15, 1890 and departed on July 5, 1893. The file indicates Hickman was married and living in Poplar, Montana in 1913.

Portrait of six Sioux chiefs posed with four other men on the steps of the bandstand on the school grounds. The man at the far left leaning on the railing is probably Richard Henry Pratt. The chiefs are Red Shirt, Thunder Hawk, Big Head (or Big Headed), John Grass, Two Bear (or Two Bears), and Charger. One of the four other men is Louis Primeau…

Portrait of six Sioux chiefs posed with four other men on the steps of the bandstand on the school grounds. The man at the far left leaning on the railing is probably Richard Henry Pratt. The chiefs are Red Shirt, Thunder Hawk, Big Head (or Big Headed), John Grass, Two Bear (or Two Bears), and Charger. One of the four other men is Louis Primeau…

The caption reads: CHEYENNE INDIAN CHIEFS FAVOR EDUCATION - LONE ELK, TALL BULL, BIG HEAD AND LITTLE SUN, WITH CHEYENNES ATTENDING CARLISLE

The image appears in Red Man vol. 4, no. 4 (December 1911): 163.