Progress card of Charles Packineau, a member of the Hidatsa Nation, who entered the school on November 11, 1906.
Note: Although this card shows Gros Ventre, a member of the Fort Berthold community has indicated that this individual is actually Hidatsa.
Student file of Charles Packineau, a member of the Hidatsa Nation, who entered the school on November 11, 1906, and died on April 21, 1912. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, correspondence about her sister's health, a trade/position record card, an outing evaluation, an outing record, a progress/conduct…
William A. Mercer forwards correspondence from Frank J. Packineau suggesting that the Superintendent of the Fort Berthold Agency is discriminating against the Carlisle Indian School by discouraging parents from sending their children there.
A transcribed copy of the handwritten letter from Packineau is included in the PDF below.…
These materials contain correspondence related to the death of Charles Packineau and the return home of his remains.