Bull Bear, Jock

Student file of Jock Bull Bear, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on February 3, 1881 and departed on January 29, 1884. The file contains a newspaper clipping, a student information card, a former student survey postcard, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving. The file indicates Bull Bear was a farmer in…

Student information card of Jock Bull Bear, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on February 3, 1881 and departed on January 29, 1884. The file indicates Bull Bear was living in Cloud Chief, Oklahoma in 1914.

Page one opened with a piece titled “The Future of the Red Indian,” reprinted from the London Spectator. This interesting article begins with the author describing the activities of the Carlisle Indian School for a British audience before then discussing his reaction to seeing photographs from the school. The second page had the report…

On the first page Justine A. LaFromboise describes her trip to Carlisle, explaining how her father convinced her to go get an education. The story continues on page four. On page two Ellis B. Childers (Creek) explained that he will be the editor while Charles Kihega (Iowa) visits home. C. Kihega examines the misconceptions whites and Indians…

John D. Miles, Agent for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, tells Richard Henry Pratt that his agency gave students cattle to take care of over vacation. As students did not know about the money and effort involved in caring for the animals, Miles relays a suggestion from John Holmes Seger (from the Arapaho school) that male students sell their…

A series of fifteen letters written to Captain Richard H. Pratt in response to a questionnaire sent to former students. The accompanying questionnaire forms are not included.

Transcripts follow each handwritten letter.