Istone, Lambert

Student file of Lambert Istone, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on April 30, 1887, and departed on September 22, 1896.  The file contains student information cards, correspondence, former student response postcards, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving indicating that Istone was working as a policeman…

Student information card of Lambert Istone, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on April 30, 1887 and departed on September 22, 1896. The file indicates Istone was living in Fort Apache, Arizona and White River, Arizona in 1913.

Studio portrait of four male students, two holding decorative beaded canes. They are identified in the caption as being from the Apache nation.

A researcher has identified them as, left to right, David Kazhe, Alphonso Eolisto, Lambert Istone seated), and Morgan Kazhe. 

Studio portrait of fifteen unidentified male students. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two prints of this image. One identifies them as Apache students and the other as specifically San Carlos Apaches. Records document fewer than fifteen male San Carlos Apache students ever attending the school, and they were not all…

Studio portrait of fifteen unidentified male students. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two prints of this image. One identifies them as Apache students and the other as specifically San Carlos Apaches. 

Records document fewer than fifteen male San Carlos Apache students ever attending the school, and they…

Studio portrait of Lambert Istone posed next to a bicycle.

Studio portrait of Lambert Istone. 

Correspondence regarding a request from Apache prisoners of war for the return of their children from the Carlisle Indian School. Included in the correspondence are various recommendations for the students as well as Richard Henry Pratt's philosophy in educating the Apache students and his views on interpreters.