Bisonette, Millie

Student file of Millie Bisonette, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on August 12, 1887 and departed on July 4, 1893. The file contains a student information card, a letter, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving indicating that in 1911 Bisonette had married and was housekeeping in Pine Ridge, South Dakota.…

Student information card of Millie Bisonette, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on August 12, 1887 and departed on July 4, 1893. The file indicates that Bisonette married Mr. Tobacco.

Student information card of Millie Bisonette (here, mispelled Bisnett), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on August 12, 1887 and departed on July 4, 1893.

Note: This card shows a departure in 1889, but Millie reentered the school in 1892 and ultimately departed in 1893, according to other documents in her file.

A series of twenty-three letters written to Captain Richard H. Pratt in response to a questionnaire sent to former students. The accompanying questionnaire forms are not included.

Transcripts follow each handwritten letter.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a copy of a letter from George LeRoy Brown, Acting U.S. Indian Agent for the Pine Ridge Agency, to the Office of Indian Affairs. In Brown's letter he provides an update and a character assessment on former Carlisle Indian School students he has met.

These materials include letters and a descriptive statement of pupils regarding 14 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Pine Ridge Agency in South Dakota. The correspondence includes a statement of the authority which allowed for the transfer.

This Descriptive Statement is a duplicate of a previously submitted…

These materials include a descriptive statement of pupils for 14 individuals transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Pine Ridge Agency of South Dakota.

Note: A duplicate of this statement was also submitted to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and is posted.