Hand, Emma

Student information card of Emma Hand (Black Breath), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 30, 1882 and departed on June 14, 1887.

Note: The information about Emma Hand dying in 1887 seems to be an error; in 1890 she replied to a survey sent to former students.

Student information card of Emma Hand (Black Breath), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 30, 1882 and departed on June 14, 1887.

Note: The information about Emma Hand dying in 1887, written in the upper right hand corner of the card, seems to be an error; in 1890 she replied to a survey sent to former…

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.

A series of twenty nine 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.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a copy of a letter from George LeRoy Brown, Acting U.S. Indian Agent for the Pine Ridge Agency, to the Office of Indian Affairs. In Brown's letter he provides an update and a character assessment on former Carlisle Indian School students he has met.