Coodlalook, Annie

Student file of Annie Coodlalook, a member of an Alaskan Nation, who entered the school on November 14, 1897, and departed on April 17, 1907. The file contains a student information card, correspondence, a newspaper clipping, former student response postcards, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving indicating she was working as a…

Student information card of Annie (here Anna) Coodlalook, a member of the Alaskan (Eskimo) Nation, who entered the school on November 14, 1897 and departed on April 17, 1907. The file indicates Coodlalook lived in Vallejo, California and San Francisco, California and was living in Riverside, California in 1912.

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 9).

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 33).

The opening article praised the work of Francis E. Leupp, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The following article, pulled from the Philadelphia Ledger, featured two Carlisle students. Thomas Saul (Wanyeya) and Reuben Charles (Gwee-yeh-is) were awarded the Gillespie Scholarship and were being trained in the arts. Next, C. J. Crandall…

Six Alaskan students posed on the deck of a ship, presumably taken on their journey to Carlisle. They are (from left to right) Annie Coodlalook, Cooki Glook, Anna Buck, Esenetuck, Tomiclock, and Laublock. All are wearing cloaks with fur-lined hoods.

Although this negative was included among photographer J.N. Choate's images, he could not…

Studio portrait of Annie Coodlalook (far left), Tomiclock (second from left), Laublock (standing in center), Anna Buck (second from right), Cooki Glook (far right), and Esenetuck (seated in front). All are wearing clocks with fur-timmed hoods. This photo seems to have been taken shortly after their arrival at the school in November, 1897.…

Candid photograph of four young women and one man. It is believed that these are four Alaskan students. Based on other photographs of, it is possible that the young women are (left to right) Tomiclock, Cooki Glook, Annie Coodlalook, and Anna Buck. 

Studio portrait of Annie Coodlalook, Tomiclock , Laublock, Anna Buck, Cooki Glook, and Esenetuck. All are wearing school uniforms.

Note: This is a photograph of a photograph. Previous cataloging states that there is a date of October 1897 on this image which is probably incorrect as the students did not arrive at the school until…

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay for the treatment of Ethel Bryant and Kolilook (also known as Annie Coodlalook) at the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

William A. Mercer forwards additional receipts for accounts of individual students of individual Indian moneys not included in cash papers previously sent. Also included are receipts for disbursements from the Emergency Account as well as documenting other Emergency Account disbursements for which there are no receipts.

Note: It is…

Oonaleana provides an update to Fannie Peter on his home in Point Barrow, Alaska. He notes that he tries to teach some others in Point Barrow English and that one of the recently returned students from Carlisle has forgotten how to speak Eskimo but they are going to teach in the Winter. Oonaleana also includes stories of hunting whales while…

Annebuck writes about her school experiences at the Chemawa Indian School. She notes that the girls basketball team was recently defeated but that she had a nice Christmas. In addition, she writes about the differences between Chemawa and Carlisle as well as the differences in weather between Chemawa and her home in Alaska.

Note: The…

Annebuck replies to Fannie Peter with an update on her experiences as a teacher in Deering, Alaska with a focus on her students and the weather. Annebuck describes her pay along with the costs associated with boarding with the missionaries and her travel costs to Chemawa. Also included are updates on various individuals associated with the…

Anna Buck provides an update on her school days at the Chemawa Indian School to Fannie Peter. Buck indicates that she is currently in the Junior Class but that she wants to return soon to Alaska to become a teacher. She also provides some updates on her family and individuals connected to Carlisle who have recently visited.

Annebuck provides an update to Fannie Peter on her current life living in San Fransico, California as well as other students from Alaska including Annie Coodlalook and Emma Esanetuck.