Progress card of Loretta Bourassa, a member of the Pottawatomi Nation, who entered the school on September 10, 1911.
Bourassa, Loretta


Student file of Loretta Bourassa, a member of the Pottawatomi Nation, who entered the school on September 10, 1911 and departed on September 18, 1916. The file contains an application for admission, correspondence, student information cards, a federal financial aid form, a progress/conduct card, financial transactions, and an outing record.…

Student information card of Loretta Bourassa, a member of the Pottawatomi Nation, who entered the school on September 10, 1911 and departed on September 18, 1916.
Note: Students Loretta Bourassa, Ozetta Bourassa, and Thomas Bourassa were probably siblings.

Student file of Carlenia H. Bennett, a member of the Seneca Nation, who entered the school on September 7, 1912 and ultimately departed on February 2, 1917. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, medical/physical record, outing…

Application of Ozetta Bourassa, a member of the Pottawatomi Nation. No other information has been found among admissions ledgers, administrative reports, or school newspapers to suggest that Ozetta Bourassa ever enrolled at Carlisle.
Note: Students Loretta Bourassa and Thomas Bourassa were siblings of Ozetta Bourassa.

These materials include postcards sent to female students attending the Carlisle Indian School. These postcards were confiscated by school officials who believed that their subject matter was inappropriate for their recipients. The confiscation was done "in accordance with Section 156 of the Rules for the Indian Service." The confiscated cards…