Student file of Frank Eagle, a member of the Ponca Nation, who entered the school on February 20, 1880 and departed on December 2, 1883. The file contains a student information card and a returned student survey. The file indicates Eagle was working as a farmer in Bliss, Oklahoma.
Eagle, Frank
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Student information card of Frank Eagle, a member of the Ponca Nation, who entered the school on February 20, 1880 and departed on December 2, 1883. The file indicates Eagle was living in Bliss, Oklahoma in 1913.
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April 1880
Page one opened with a teacher identified as A.J.S. (Alfred J. Standing) reminiscing about his time teaching Native Americans before he came to Carlisle. Also on the page was an article on the civilization of the Indians, comparing it to the conquests of the Roman Empire and its assimilation of less educated people.
Page two includes an…
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Newspapers
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Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
October 1882
Page one had Frank D. Aveline wrote on visiting Girard College where he and other Carlisle students saw the Girard students do their drills, toured the founder’s house, and attended chapel. A Ponca chief also wrote a letter to his son Frank Eagle who was attending school at Carlisle. Page two mentioned the bi-centennial of William Penn making a…
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Newspapers
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Cumberland County Historical Society
December 18, 1880
Richard Henry Pratt requests that the Ponca delegation stops at the Carlisle Indian School to see their students on their way to Washington, D.C. Pratt states that White Eagle's son is at the school, and if White Eagle would like to bring him along to D.C., he should be allowed.
Note: This item was copied from U.S. National Archives…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
March 26, 1883
Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of students to be returned to their homes at the end of their enrollment terms. Pratt notes that many of these students have expressed a desire to remain and notes that Agents should attempt to secure permission from their parents for their children to remain. Pratt notes many students who were expected to…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 2, 1883
Lewellyn E. Woodin, U.S. Indian Agent for the Ponca, Pawnee, and Otoe Agency, provides the answers of the parents whose children's terms are set to expire regarding extending their terms at Carlisle.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
December 27, 1883
White Eagle requests that Richard Henry Pratt request from Washington D.C. a spring wagon and harness from the Carlisle Indian School. White Eagle also discusses sending more children from the Ponca Agency and returning his son Frank Eagle back to Carlisle.
Richard Henry Pratt forwards the letter to the Office of Indian Affairs and…
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration