Lovejoy, Noah

Student file of Noah Lovejoy, a member of the Omaha Nation, who entered the school on August 19, 1882, and departed on June 14, 1887. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, correspondence, and a report after leaving that indicates Lovejoy was a farmer in Macy, Nebraska in 1910.

Student information card of Noah Lovejoy, a member of the Omaha Nation, who entered the school on August 19, 1882 and departed on June 14, 1887. The file indicates Lovejoy was living in Macy, Nebraska in 1913.

Page one had a poem titled “The Law of Liberty” followed by an article titled “The Republic in a Death Struggle with Ignorance” and comparison between the African and the Indian problem. Page two asked who was responsible for Indians having not fully “Christianized” and become “civil” and an article on the demoralizing old policy and how it has…

The first page opened with a poem, "Do the Right, Boys," followed by  a letter from Richard Yellow Robe, entitled "An Indian Boy's Experience: Written by Himself as a Composition and Read at our last Month's Exhibition" about his escape from the battle in which Custer was killed and his subsequent enrollment in the Carlisle Indian School. Page…

Studio portrait of Noah Lovejoy wearing school uniform.

Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs with a list of 80 students to return to their homes due to expiration of their terms and sickness. Pratt also details the travel arrangements for travel to the various agencies and locations. He also notes that 68 pupils whose terms have expired have elected to remain at the school.