Parker, Laura

Student file of Laura Parker, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on November 8, 1894, and ultimately departed on July 3, 1902. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a returned student survey, a letter, and a report after leaving indicating…

Student information card of Laura Parker, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on November 8, 1894 and departed on July 3, 1902. The file indicates Parker was married and living in Cache, Oklahoma in 1913.

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Note: This issue was also published as The Red Man (Vol. 16, No. 11).

Studio portrait of Harold Parker, Laura Parker, and Juanada Parker. 

Though previously unidentified, a researcher has offered the following details about this photo. The sitters are all Comanche from Oklahoma. Pictured is Red Elk (seated left), Isatia (sometimes spelled Eshiti or called White Eagle, standing left), Chief Quanah Parker, Harold Parker (student and oldest son of Quanah Parker). The women pictured…

Studio portrait of Laura Parker, Juanada Parker, Esther Parker (rear center), and Harold Parker.

Studio portrait of Laura Parker. 

These materials include a descriptive statement of pupils for 8 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency.

Note: The student here listed as "Needle Parker" was known as Laura Parker at the school. Also, Wanady Parker is also known as Juanada Parker. 

Alfred John Standing informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Quanah Parker's daughters will be arriving in Washington D.C. on March 18, 1898.