Horse Looking, Henry

Student file of Henry Horse Looking (Calls Relatives), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 14, 1883, and ultimately departed on June 7, 1897. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, former student response postcards, correspondence…

Student information card of Henry Horse Looking (here Calls Horse Looking), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 14, 1883 and departed on June 7, 1897. The file indicates Horse Looking was living in Saint Francis, South Dakota in 1913 and 1915.

Student file of Robert Little Hawk, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on October 8, 1911 and ultimately departed on November 12, 1917. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, outing evaluations, a trade/position…

Studio portrait of Irene Horse Looking and Henry Horse Looking. 

Studio portrait of Henry Horse Looking (left) and an unidentified male student (right). 

Studio portrait of Henry Horse Looking (at left) and an unidentified male student (at right). 

Note: The handwritten caption is difficult to read. The student at right may be Noah Hawk. 

Richard Henry Pratt provides a copy of his letter sent to M. D. Shelby, Acting Superintendent of the Genoa Indian School, in which he provides justification for providing transportation to Henry Horse Looking to Carlisle.

M. D. Shelby, Acting Superintendent of the Genoa School, requests an answer from Richard Henry Pratt as to why he is furnishing transportation to students of the Genoa School without communicating with the Superintendent.

Alfred John Standing provides to W. N. Hailmann an assessment of the suitability of some former students for open positions in the Indian Service.

Richard Henry Pratt provides a report on Levi St. Cyr, Calls Horse Looking, and Mark Penoi to W. N. Hailmann for consideration for jobs in the Indian Service.