Brave Bull, Dora

Student information card of Dora (Her Pipe), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 6, 1879 and died on April 24, 1881. She was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.

Student information card of Dora (Her Pipe), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 6, 1879 and died on April 24, 1881. Dora was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.

Group portrait of the first female students, taken on the morning after their arrival on October 6, 1879 

Note: This image is different from the more commonly seen one. Here there are only twelve people in the back row, not thirteen (it is not yet determined who is not present here). Sarah Mather and Charles Tackett are not included, and…

Group portrait of the first female students, taken on the morning after their arrival on October 6, 1879. Matron Sarah Mather is standing at left and interpreter Charles Tackett is standing at right. 

This image appears in John N. Choate's Souvenir of the Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA: J. N. Choate, 1902).

The…

Group portrait of the first female students, taken on the morning after their arrival on October 6, 1879. Matron Sarah Mather is standing at left and interpreter Charles Tackett is standing at left. 

Group portrait of the first female students, taken on the morning after their arrival on October 6, 1879. Matron Sarah Mather is standing at left and interpreter Charles Tackett is standing at left.

Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority to send Dora home to the Rosebud Agency with Dr. Faulkner.