Manabove, Alexander

Student information card of Alexander Manabove (Zintklasapa), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on September 12, 1885 and departed on March 18, 1895.

Student file of Alexander Manabove (Zist Kalasaka), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on September 12, 1885 and departed on March 18, 1895. The file contains a student information card and a report after leaving that indicate Manabove was living in Kyle, South Dakota while working as a Rancher in 1910.

In school…

Studio portrait of Alex Manabove and Little Chief, one wearing a star-shaped pin. 

Note: If the interpretation of the handwritten caption is correct, it is not clear who Little Chief is. There was a student named Little Chief, but he left the school in 1880. This photograph may document a later visit of a Cheyenne chief named Little…

Studio portrait of Alexander Manabove wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Alexander Manabove and Eagle Little Hawk. 

Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption contains the date October 1888.

Studio portrait of twelve male students. The caption identifies them as being from the Pine Ridge Reservation. The caption for the Cumberland County Historicial Society's copy says they are "Pine Ridge Sioux" and identifies them as: 

Front row, seated: Thomas Black Bear, Alexander Man Above, Charles Smith, Andrew Beard, Herbert Good…

Studio portrait of twelve male students. The caption says they are "Pine Ridge Sioux" and identifies them as: 

Front row, seated: Thomas Black Bear, Alexander Man Above, Charles Smith, Andrew Beard, Herbert Good Boy, Robert Horse, and Phillip White.

Back row, standing: Samuel C. Deon, James One Star, Howard Slow Bull, Charles…

Studio portrait of Alexander Manabove, Albert Sitting Eagle, and John Runninghorse. 

Studio portrait of Alexander Manabove, Albert Sitting Eagle, and John Runninghorse.

Studio portrait of Alexander Manabove.

Studio portrait of George Running Horse and Alexander Manabove.

These materials include a Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 13 children transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from the Pine Ridge Agency.

Alfred John Standing provides to W. N. Hailmann an assessment of the suitability of some former students for open positions in the Indian Service.