Progress card of Emma La Vatta, a member of the Bannock Nation, who entered the school on August 29, 1905.
LaVatta, Emma


Student file of Emma La Vatta, a member of the Bannock Nation, who entered the school on August 29, 1905 and departed on June 19, 1911. The file contains outing records, student information cards, correspondence, medical records, a progress/conduct card, an application for enrollment, an outing evaluation, a trade card, a returned student…

Student information card of Emma La Vatta, a member of the Bannock Nation, who entered the school on August 29, 1905 and departed on June 19, 1911. The information card indicates that La Vatta graduated in 1911, married Charles Kutch, and was living in Ross Fork, Idaho in 1912.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Nettie LaVatta to have her four children-Emma, Elizabeth, George, and Benton-remain at the Carlisle Indian School for the full term of their enrollments. LaVatta later requested having her son George accompany her West to the Fort Hall Reservation. Further information regarding the…