Student file of Martha Bordeaux, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 30, 1882 and departed on June 14, 1887. The file contains a student information card and a report after leaving indicating she was a housewife in Rosebud, South Dakota in 1910.
In school documentation Martha Bordeaux's married name is Martha…
Student information card of Martha Bordeaux, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 30, 1882 and departed on June 14, 1887.
Student file of Clement W. Soldier, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on September 18, 1889, and departed on June 26, 1894. The file contains a student information card, a report after leaving, and a returned student survey that indicates Soldier was working as a butcher and stock raiser in Rosebud, South Dakota in 1912.…
Studio portrait of Martha Bordeaux.
Studio portrait of Victoria Standing Bear (left) and Martha Bordeaux (right).
Louis Bourdeaux requests that his daughters Josephine and Martha be transferred from the Carlisle Indian School to Avoca. Bourdeaux writes that due to the outing program his daughters have rarely been at Carlisle and have instead been servants in various homes throughout Pennsylvania and so has not advanced her education.
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.