Bob Tail, Phillips

Student information cards of Phillips Bob Tail (Send), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 30, 1882 and ultimately departed on July 21, 1892. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered.

Note: This student is known as Phillips Bob Tail, Bobtail, and Philip White.

Student information cards of Phillips Bob Tail (here Phillips Bob Tail) (Send), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 30, 1882 and ultimately departed on July 21, 1892. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file indicates Bob Tail was living in Pine Ridge, South Dakota in 1913…

Student file of Phillips Bob Tail, also known as Philip White, a member of the Sioux Nation, who enrolled on November 30, 1882 and ultimately departed on July 21, 1892. The file contains a letter, a former student response postcard, and a report after leaving indicating that he was living in Pine Ridge, South Dakota while working as a clerk in…

Studio portrait of Phillips White (Phillips Bob Tail). 

Studio portrait of Phillips White (Phillips Bob Tail).

Studio portrait of four young men, two seated, two standing behind them. The young men seated and standing on the left are wearing school uniforms.

Two students are identified as Ota Chief Eagle and Phillips Bob Tail. The other two are unidentified. 

Studio portrait of Phillips Bob Tail. A handwritten caption written along the side of the image probably reads: Philips Bobtail. 

Studio portrait of Phillips White (Phillips Bob Tail).

Studio portrait of Phillip White (Phillips Bob Tail). 

Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption includes the date April 1885.

Studio portrait of Phillip White (Phillips Bob Tail) in school uniform. 

Studio portrait of Phillip White (Phillips Bob Tail). 

Studio portrait of William Brown, Phillips Bob Tail (also known as Phillip White), and Jacob White Eyes. Brown and Bob Tail are both wearing school uniforms.

Note: Jacob White Eyes was not a student at Carlisle. According to the January 6, 1888 issue of The Indian Helper, White Eyes was visiting Carlisle from the…

Studio portrait of Phillip White (Phillips Bob Tail). 

Studio portrait of twelve male students. The caption identifies them as being from the Pine Ridge Reservation. The caption for the Cumberland County Historicial Society's copy says they are "Pine Ridge Sioux" and identifies them as: 

Front row, seated: Thomas Black Bear, Alexander Man Above, Charles Smith, Andrew Beard, Herbert Good…

Studio portrait of twelve male students. The caption says they are "Pine Ridge Sioux" and identifies them as: 

Front row, seated: Thomas Black Bear, Alexander Man Above, Charles Smith, Andrew Beard, Herbert Good Boy, Robert Horse, and Phillip White.

Back row, standing: Samuel C. Deon, James One Star, Howard Slow Bull, Charles…

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of the Indian Affairs of the 60 students who are entitled to return to their home at the end of the school term due to the expiration of their enrollment or sickness.

These materials include a cover letter and a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 61 individuals discharged from the Carlisle Indian School and transferred back to their homes in the San Carlos, Laguna, Wallace, Isleta, Quapaw, Eufaula, Omaha, Winnebago, Nez Perce, Crow, Kiowa and Comanche, Cheyenne and Arapaho, Ponca, Rosebud, and Pine…

These materials include a descriptive statement of students regarding 15 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Pine Ridge Agency of the Dakota Territory.

Note: Some people listed here were re-enrolling at Carlisle (having left and come back) while others (such as Mary Sitting Bear) did not enroll at this time, but…