Little Plume

Note: As of June 2018, the remains of Hayes (Little Plume) have been disinterred and repatriated. They were previously interred in plot E-15.

Cemetery information and mortuary documents related to Hayes (Little Plume), a member of the Arapaho Nation.

Student information card of Hayes, a member of the Arapahoe Nation, who entered the school on March 11, 1881 and died on April 15, 1882 while attending the school. Hayes was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.

Student information card of Hayes, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on March 11, 1881 and died on April 15, 1882 while attending the school. Hayes was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.

Student file of Martha Little Plume, a member of the Piegan Nation, who entered the school on October 23, 1917. No departure date is given. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, medical/physical records, a certificate of promotion, and correspondence. The file indicates that Little Plume was in Philadelphia…

Student file of Mollie Little Plume, a member of the Blackfoot Nation, who entered the school on October 23, 1917. No departure date is given. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, medical/physical records, correspondence, and a certificate of promotion. The file indicates Little Plume had a severe…

Portrait of nine male students and six female students posed on the steps of the bandstand on the school grounds. They are wearing the clothing they arrived in. The caption says they are Northern Arapahoes who arrived in March 1881.

Other versions of this image identify them as two Shoshone and thirteen Northern Arapaho students who…

Portrait of nine male students and six female students posed on the steps of the bandstand on the school grounds. They are wearing the clothing they arrived in. The caption says they are Northern Arapahoes who arrived in March 1881. 

Other versions of this image identify them as two Shoshone and thirteen Northern Arapaho students who…

Studio portrait of eight Piegan chiefs. 

The January 8, 1892 issue of the  Indian Helper (vol. 7 no. 17) reports that these chiefs had visited the school the previous week.

The Cumberland County Historical Society has six copies of this image. One of those copies identifies the chiefs as Running Crane, Little Dog, White…

The printed note on the reverse side reads: PIEGAN CHIEFS (BLACKFOOT CONFEDERACY) VISITING CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL (ca. 1891).

Front Seated Left - Running Crane, Chief of Lone Eaters.
Front Seated Center - Little Dog, Chief of the Black Patched Moccasins Bands.
Seated Center Left - White Grass.
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