Student file of James Riley Wheelock, a member of the Oneida Nation, who entered the school on August 30, 1889 and ultimately departed on June 30, 1897. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, financial transactions, a photograph, returned student survey, news…
Nick, Chiltoski


Student File of Bessie Nick, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on March 13, 1896, and departed on June 26, 1905. The file contains a student information card, and a report after leaving indicating Nick was married and a housewife in 1910.
In school documentation Bessie Nick is also known as Eganola. Her…

Student file of Chiltoski Nick, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on March 13, 1896, and ultimately departed the school on March 22, 1905. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains three student information cards indicating that Chiltoski, who also went by the…

Student information card of Chiltoski (here Tossie) Nick, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, who entered the school on March 13, 1896 and departed on March 22, 1905. (Tossie was a nickname for Chiltoski.) The information card indicates that Nick graduated in 1905, studied painting, was a member of the Infantry, and was living in Presidio…

Studio portrait of Bessie Nick (back left), Chiltoski Nick (back right), Minnie Nick (front left), and Hattie Woodfin (front right).

Studio portrait of Chiltoski Nick in a uniform holding a French horn.

Richard Henry Pratt forwards a list of students who he recommends not be accepted at any other Government school.

Report on the health of current and former Cherokee students of the Carlisle Indian School.

This document contains correspondence concerning a complaint made by bandmaster James Wheelock that students from the school band were improperly disciplined by being locked in the guard house. The complaint, which made headlines in national newspapers including The Outlook, was investigated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.…