Chihuahua, Ramona

Student file of Asa Daklugie, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on December 8, 1886, and departed on November 7, 1895.  The file contains student information cards, a former student response postcard, a returned student survey, correspondence, and a report after leaving indicating that, in 1913, Daklugie was working as…

Student file of Ramona Chihuahua, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on December 8, 1886 and departed on November 4, 1895. The file contains student information cards, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving. The file indicates Chihuahua was a housekeeper in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in 1910. The records also…

Student information card of Ramona Chihuahua, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on December 8, 1886 and departed on November 4, 1895. The file indicates Chihuahua was married and living in Fort Sill, Oklahoma in 1913.

Note: Chihuahua married former student Asa Daklugie. 

The first page opened with a notice that there were no Indian Helper newspapers published for December 28 and January 3rd. A notice followed: “A Novel Christmas Present: Our Superintendent Made with his own Hands a tin Cup for Each Employee.” Next was a poem, by “E.G.“dated Dec. 25, ’89 titled “The School Poet Again Stirred” about…

Portrait of three male students and four female students photographed in the clothing they arrived in. Standing behind them are Richard Henry Pratt (second from the left), two uniformed soldiers, and one male student in uniform with a scarf (right). They are posed on the school grounds.

The Cumberland County Historical Society identifies…

Studio portrait of Janette Woods, Ramona Chihuahua, and Dorothy Dekhlikiseh, all wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Ramona Chihuahua.

Studio portrait of a group of four female students with an older Native American man. The original caption identifies them as "Chihuahua and Apache."  

Based on comparison with other photographs, Cumberland County Historical Staff have suggested that the student seated in the front is Lucy Tsisnah and that the students in the back…

Correspondence regarding a request from Apache prisoners of war for the return of their children from the Carlisle Indian School. Included in the correspondence are various recommendations for the students as well as Richard Henry Pratt's philosophy in educating the Apache students and his views on interpreters.

Richard Henry Pratt provides Daniel M. Browning of the decisions of the Apache students at the Carlisle Indian School relative to returning to their homes or staying at Carlisle.