Heavy Hair, Almeda

Cemetery information and mortuary documents related to Almeda Heavyhair (Heavy Hair on side of head), a member of the Gros Ventre Nation.

Student file of Rosa Bourassa, a member of the Chippewa Nation, who entered the school on August 7, 1889, graduated in 1890, and departed on February 25, 1892. The file contains a student information card, returned student survey, photographs, news clippings, a report after leaving, correspondence, and a trade/position record card. The file…

Student information card of Almeda Heavy Hair, a member of the Gros Ventre Nation, who entered the school on April 13, 1890 and died on August 28, 1894. Heavy Hair was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.

In school documentation Almeda Heavy Hair is also known as Almeda Heavy-Hair-on-the-Side-of-Her-Head and Heavy Hair-on side…

Student information card of Almeda Heavy Hair, a member of the Gros Ventre Nation, who entered the school on April 13, 1890 and died on August 28, 1894.  Heavy Hair was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.

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Portrait of fifteen male students and seven female students posed on the steps of the academic building. They are identified in the Cumberland County Historical Society's copy of this image as being "Gros Ventres and Assiniboines, Ft. Belknap, Montana who entered Carlisle Apr. 1890." This photo was likely taken in May or June of that year.…

Portrait of twenty-two students-fifteen male and seven female students--posed on the steps of the academic building. The caption says that they are "Gros Ventres and Assiniboines, Ft. Belknap, Montana who entered Carlisle, Apr. 1890." This photo was likely taken in May or June of that year.

Studio portrait of Almeda Heavy Hair.