Student file of Bertram Mitchell, a member of the Omaha Nation, who entered the school on August 19, 1882, and departed on June 14, 1886. The file contains a student information card and a report after leaving that indicates Mitchell was a farmer in Macy, Nebraska in 1910.
Mitchell, Bertram
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Student information card of Bertram Mitchell, a member of the Omaha Nation, who entered the school on August 19, 1882 and departed on June 14, 1886.
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National Archives and Records Administration
July 1884
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…
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Newspapers
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Cumberland County Historical Society
Studio portrait of Bertram Mitchell and Clarence White Thunder (here Big White Thunder), both wearing school uniforms.
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Glass Plate Negative
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National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
September 19, 1882
Alice C. Fletcher indicates that she has five Omaha pupils in her charge and desires that they be given permission to attend the Carlisle Indian School.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 26, 1887
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.
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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration