Redthunder, Mary

Student file of Mary Redthunder, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school July 31, 1903, graduated in 1910, and ultimately departed on July 13, 1910. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, an application for enrollment, a photograph, a former student…

Student information card of Mary Redthunder (Taninyahiyayewin Saketopa), a member of the Sioux Nation who entered the school on July 31, 1903, graduated in 1910, and departed on July 13, 1910. The file indicates Redthunder studied dressmaking and was living in Dulce, New Mexico in 1914.

Progress card of Mary Redthunder, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on July 31, 1903.

Studio portrait of a large group of seated and standing male and female students, identified as the graduating class of 1910. They are identified in a label attached below the photo. They are: 1) Margaret B. Burd 2) Stella Bear 3) Stacey Beck Hardy 4) John Bastian 5) Inex Brown 6) Johnson Enos 7) Louis George 8) Adeline Greenbrier 9) Carlyle G…

Twelve female students posed on the school grounds. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society provides thirteen names for the people in this group, but recognizes that there are only twelve in the photo. 

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Mary Redthunder

Mary Redthunder with an unidentifed male child.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Mary M. Redthunder to enroll her sisters Elizabeth and Martha in the Carlisle Indian School after receiving treatment from Dr. Fox in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.