Caught the Eagle, Nelson

Student file of Nelson Caught the Eagle (Crooked), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 30, 1882, and departed on July 6, 1888. The file contains a student information card and a report after leaving that indicates Caught the Eagle was working as a policeman in Rosebud, South Dakota in 1910.

Student information card of Nelson Caught the Eagle (Crooked), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 30, 1882 and departed on July 6, 1888.

Studio portrait of Nelson Caught the Eagle and an unidentifield young man.

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.

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…