Black, Ernie

Student file of Ernie Black, a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on February 3, 1881, and departed on June 14, 1887.  The file contains a student information card, a former student response survey, and a report after leaving indicating that he was living in Cantonment and Longdale, Oklahoma, working as an interpreter…

Student information card of Ernie Black, a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on February 3, 1881 and departed on June 14, 1887. The file indicates Black was living in Longdale, Oklahoma in 1913 and Cantonment, Oklahoma in 1914.

Student file of Abe Sommers , a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on August 31, 1882 and ultimately departed on November 12, 1896. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a former student response postcard, and a report after leaving. The file…

Student file of Dana Black, a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on August 28, 1917 and departed on June 24, 1918. The file contains student information cards, applications for enrollment, financial transactions, and correspondence.

The first page opened with a poem, "Do the Right, Boys," followed by  a letter from Richard Yellow Robe, entitled "An Indian Boy's Experience: Written by Himself as a Composition and Read at our last Month's Exhibition" about his escape from the battle in which Custer was killed and his subsequent enrollment in the Carlisle Indian School.…

The first page opened with a poem by Susan Coolidge titled “New Every Morning,” followed by a letter from Ernie Black (Cheyenne) titled “News from our Cheyenne and Arapahoe Boys.” Also on the page was a reprint from The Sunday School Times titled “We Must Be Run Through a Mill.” Page two opened with a quote from Paul Boynton (Arapho)…

Studio portrait of Ernie Black. 

Studio portrait of Ernie Black and his sister Jennie Black.

A handwritten caption along the side of the image probably reads: Ernie Black and his Sister.

Studio portrait of Ernie Black and Jennie Black.

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Ernie Black and Sister. Cheyennes from Ind. Ter.

This photograph originally appeared in an album that E. A. Seabrook, a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, received from his students on December 25, 1886…

Studio portrait of Ernie Black and his sister Jennie Black. 

Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs with a list of students whose terms of enrollment are set to expire or for other reasons and requests authority to return them to their homes.

Reply to Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the ages of outgoing pupils.

Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs with a list of 80 students to return to their homes due to expiration of their terms and sickness. Pratt also details the travel arrangements for travel to the various agencies and locations. He also notes that 68 pupils whose terms have expired have elected to remain at the school.

Alfred John Standing provides to W. N. Hailmann an assessment of the suitability of some former students for open positions in the Indian Service.