Red Hawk, Charles

Student information card of Charles Smith (also known as Charles Red Hawk), a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on August 12, 1887 and departed on July 4, 1893.

Student file of Thomas Red Hawk, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 7, 1912 and departed on September 30, 1914. The file contains an application for enrollment, student information cards, medical and physical records, an outing record, and correspondence regarding his whereabouts after leaving the school. 

Studio portrait of Charles Smith (Charles Red Hawk) with two unidentified young men in native dress. 

Note: Previous cataloging indicates a date of August 1887 in the handwritten caption. Smith arrived on August 12, 1887 so this image may have been taken shortly after his arrival.

Studio portrait of twelve male students. The caption identifies them as being from the Pine Ridge Reservation. The caption for the Cumberland County Historicial Society's copy says they are "Pine Ridge Sioux" and identifies them as: 

Front row, seated: Thomas Black Bear, Alexander Man Above, Charles Smith, Andrew Beard, Herbert Good Boy…

Studio portrait of twelve male students. The caption says they are "Pine Ridge Sioux" and identifies them as: 

Front row, seated: Thomas Black Bear, Alexander Man Above, Charles Smith, Andrew Beard, Herbert Good Boy, Robert Horse, and Phillip White.

Back row, standing: Samuel Dion, James One Star, Howard Slow Bull, Charles Brave,…

Studio portrait of Charles Smith (Charles Red Hawk).

Studio portrait of Charles Smith (left) and Henry Old Eagle (right).

Studio portrait of Charles Smith. 

Studio portrait of Herbert Good Boy (back row at left) , Robert Horse (back row at right), William Crazy Bull (front row at left), and Charles Smith (front row at right). Crazy Bull is holding a framed portrait of a woman. 

Studio portrait of Herbert Good Boy (back row at left) , Robert Horse (back row at right), William Crazy Bull (front row at left), and Charles Smith (front row at right). Crazy Bull is holding a framed portrait of a woman.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to the request of Charles Red Hawk Smith to be returned home. Pratt provides reports from the School's physician and disciplinarian as well as two outing reports from Smith's patron. As a result Pratt recommends that Smith be allowed to be returned home.