Kanseah, Jasper

Student file of Jasper Kanseah (Kan-se-ah), a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on November 4, 1886 and departed on November 7, 1895. The file contains student information cards, and a report after leaving indicating Kanseah was a U. S. Indian Scout in Fort Sill, Oklahoma in 1910.

Student information card of Jasper Kanseah, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on November 4, 1886 and departed on November 7, 1895.

Studio portrait of Jasper Kanseah (seated at left), Alfred Eateh (standing at right), and Joseph Ezhuna (seated on floor at right), all wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Jasper Kanseah (seated at left), Alfred Eateh (standing at right), and Joseph Ezhuna (seated on floor at right), all wearing school uniforms.

These materials include a cover letter and Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 37 Chiricahua Apache prisoners-of-war transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida, where a larger group of Geronimo's band remained imprisoned. The 37 individuals transferred to Carlisle represented a portion of all…

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.

Richard Henry Pratt provides Daniel M. Browning of the decisions of the Apache students at the Carlisle Indian School relative to returning to their homes or staying at Carlisle.