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.
Black Bear, Lena


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.
![Lena Black Bear [version 1], c.1884 Lena Black Bear [version 1], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/NAA_73401.jpg?itok=o7pbaYwZ)
Studio portrait of Lena Black Bear probably wearing school uniform. Handwritten along the side of the image: Lena Black Bear.
![Lena Black Bear [version 2], c.1884 Lena Black Bear [version 2], c.1884](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH2_013b.jpg?itok=NlWOXVfx)
Studio portrait of Lena Black Bear probably wearing school uniform.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to return Thomas Kester and Lena Black Bear to their homes due to ill health. Pratt indicates that the school has carried them through the poor weather but believes that a change will be beneficial.

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.