Black Bear

Student file of Maggie, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 6, 1879 and departed on November 19, 1884. The file contains a student information card and a report after leaving indicating she was working as a housekeeper in Kyle, South Dakota in 1910.

Note: In a letter regarding the first students to arrive,…

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.

Student file of Paul Black Bear (Makes Himself Run), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 6, 1879 and ultimately departed on July 6, 1888. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards and a report after leaving indicating that he was living in…

Student information card of Paul Black Bear (Makes Himself Run), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 6, 1879 and departed on July 6, 1888.

Student file of Carrie Black Bear (Plenty Uncle), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 30, 1882 and departed on September 18, 1883. The file contains a student information card.

Student information card of Carrie Black Bear (Plenty Uncle), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 30, 1882 and departed on September 18, 1883.

Student information card of Kent Black Bear (Kills the Enemy), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 30, 1882 and departed on November 23, 1885.

Student information card of Kent Black Bear, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 30, 1882 and departed on November 23, 1885.

Student information card of Lena Black Bear (Coming to-gether), a member of the Arapahoe Nation, who entered the school on October 22, 1883 and departed on March 21, 1887.

Student information card of Lena Black Bear, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on October 22, 1883 and departed on March 21, 1887.

Student file of Thomas Blackbear, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 10, 1886, graduated in 1894, and departed on March 5, 1894. The file contains a student information card, former student response postcards, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving. The file indicates Blackbear was the General…

Student information card of Thomas Blackbear, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 10, 1886 and departed on March 5, 1894. The card indicates that Blackbear graduated in 1894, had married former student Emma Bull Bonnet, and was living in Porcupine, South Dakota in 1913. 

Student information card of James Black Bear, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on August 12, 1887 and departed on April 10, 1888.

Student information card of James Black Bear, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on August 12, 1887 and departed on April 10, 1888.

Student information card of Willis Black Bear, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on August 12, 1887 and departed on March 17, 1892.

Student information card of Willis Black Bear, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on August 12, 1887 and departed on March 17, 1892.

Student information card of Belle Black Bear, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1895 and departed on January 6, 1896.

Student information card of Belle Black Bear, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on September 1, 1895 and departed on January 6, 1896.

Captain Richard Henry Pratt writes to Ezra H. Hayt, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, regarding the first group of Sioux, Ponca, Pawnee, Kiowa, Comanche, Wichita, Seminole, Cheyenne, and Arapahoe children and young adults brought to the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt offers a detailed description of the journey, and then lists each individual…

Black Bear writes to Richard Henry Pratt asking for him to write to the Department of Indian Affairs to allow his son Paul Black Bear to visit him during his trip to Washington D.C. Black Bear notes that he has not been allowed permission to visit Carlisle and he was also the first Head Man to allow his son to attend school at Carlisle.

Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority in his return of Lena Black Bear and Minnie Yellow Bear. In addition he notes that he has delayed sending Thomas Kester home due to his coming down with a case of the mumps.