Student file of Clarence Powder Face, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on October 22, 1883 and departed on February 8, 1886. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, a letter, and a report after leaving. The file indicates Powder Face was farming in El Reno, Oklahoma in 1910.
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Student information card of Clarence Powder Face, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on October 22, 1883 and departed on February 8, 1886. The file indicates Powder Face was living in El Reno, Oklahoma in 1913.
Note: Although this card shows an arrival date of September 22, his file suggests that he actually arrived…
Portrait of twenty-four male students upon arrival. The Cumberland County Historical Society's cataloging identifies them as from the Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Comanche, Pawnee, and Nez Perce nations and that the photo was taken on the date of their arrival, October 22, 1883. Twenty-three male students arrived on that date from those nations.
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Studio portrait of Clarence Powder Face and an unidentified young man.
Note: Previous cataloging indicates the handwritten caption includes the name "Thomas" for the unidentified young man.
Photo taken of visiting Cheyenne and Arapahoe Chiefs with Carlisle students and government employees at Devil's Den at the Gettysburg battlefield. The image is dated November 28, 1884.
One person is identified only as "Kise." It is not known if this is Kise (Red Wolf) or Kise Williams.
Studio portrait of Clarence Powder Face.
Alfred John Standing telegraphs that he has received word that Powder Face has died and the Agency requests that his son, Clarence Powder Face, be returned to the Agency.
Richard Henry Pratt refers to a letter from the Bureau of Indian Affairs naming Clarence Powder Face as the student referenced.