Student file of Rachel Tsikahda Morgan, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on April 30, 1887 and departed on November 4, 1895. The file contains student information cards and report after leaving indicating that Tsikahda Morgan was a housewife in Fort Still, Oklahoma in 1910.
In school documentation Rachel Tsikahda…
Student information card of Rachel Tsikahda Morgan, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on April 30, 1887 and departed on November 4, 1895.
Studio portrait of Dexter Loco (standing), Mabel Kelcusay (sitting at left), and Rachel Checote (sitting at right).
Note: Previous cataloging interprets the handwritten caption as reading: "Dexter Loco, Mabel and Rachel." Based on this information, we believe the two women to be Mabel Kelcusay (who arrived on the same day as Dexter Loco…
Studio portrait of Rachel Tsikahda Morgan wearing school uniform.
Studio portrait of Rachel Tsikahda Morgan and Melinda Porter, both probably wearing school uniforms.
Correspondence regarding a request from Apache prisoners of war for the return of their children from the Carlisle Indian School. Included in the correspondence are various recommendations for the students as well as Richard Henry Pratt's philosophy in educating the Apache students and his views on interpreters.
Richard Henry Pratt provides Daniel M. Browning of the decisions of the Apache students at the Carlisle Indian School relative to returning to their homes or staying at Carlisle.