Student file of Marcus Poko, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on September 9, 1880 and departed on November 21, 1884. The file contains a returned student survey and a report after leaving. The file indicates Poko was working as a farmer in West Cache, Oklahoma in 1910.
In school documentation Marcus Poko's name is…
Student information card of Marcus Poko, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on September 9, 1880 and departed on November 21, 1884. The file indicates Poko was living in Cache, Oklahoma in 1913.
![Marcus Poko and Otto Wells [?], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/Potamkin%20%2331%20Full%20048.jpg?itok=sJRAJjBI "Marcus Poko and Otto Wells [?], c.1880")
Studio portrait of Marcus Poko (standing right) and Otto Wells [?], both wearing school uniforms.
Studio portrait of Marcus Poko.
Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of students to be returned to their homes at the end of their enrollment terms. Pratt notes that many of these students have expressed a desire to remain and notes that agents should attempt to secure permission from their parents for their children to remain. Pratt notes many students who were expected to…