Student file of Nancy Renville, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 6, 1879 and departed on August 17, 1880. The file contains a student information card, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving indicating she was a housewife in Peever, South Dakota in 1911.
Renville, Nancy


Student information card of Nancy Renville, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on November 6, 1879 and departed on August 17, 1880. The file indicates Renville was married and living in Peever, South Dakota in 1913.

Portrait of George Walker, John Renville, Edward Upright, Nancy Renville, and Justine La Framboise posed on the bandstand on the school grounds.
![Lucy Black Shortnose, Anna Laura, Justine La Framboise, and Nancy Renville [version 1], c.1880 Lucy Black Shortnose, Anna Laura, Justine La Framboise, and Nancy Renville [version 1], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/NAA_73381.jpg?itok=GoYC2Zm_)
Studio portrait of Lucy Black Shortnose, Anna Laura, Justine La Framboise, and Nancy Renville, all wearing school-issued print dresses.
![Lucy Black Shortnose, Anna Laura, Justine La Framboise, and Nancy Renville [version 2], c.1880 Lucy Black Shortnose, Anna Laura, Justine La Framboise, and Nancy Renville [version 2], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_022c.jpg?itok=i1qc9lrN)
Studio portrait of Lucy Black Shortnose, Anna Laura, Justine La Framboise, and Nancy Renville, all wearing school-issued print dresses.
![Nancy Renville and Justine La Framboise [version 1], c.1880 Nancy Renville and Justine La Framboise [version 1], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/NAA_74254.jpg?itok=D9bOuMGQ)
Studio portrait of Nancy Renville and Justine La Framboise, both wearing school-issued print dresses.
![Nancy Renville and Justine La Framboise [version 2], c.1880 Nancy Renville and Justine La Framboise [version 2], c.1880](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-photo/CCHS_PA-CH1_016c.jpg?itok=DW3p_X9s)
Studio portrait of Nancy Renville and Justine La Framboise, both wearing school-issued print dresses.

The printed note on the reverse side reads: OUR BOYS AND GIRLS At the Indian Training School, Carlisle, Pa.
1. White Buffalo, Cheyenne, I. T.
2. Mittie Houston, Wichita, I. T.
3. Samuel Townsend, Pawnee, I. T.
4. Nancy Renville, Sisseston Sioux…

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Sisseton Sioux Chief Gabriel Renville has arrived at the Carlisle Indian School to return his son John, who has died of typhus, home to be buried. Pratt is granting Renville's request to bring his daughter Nancy home with the plan of her returning to the school with other…

A series of twenty-three letters written to Captain Richard H. Pratt in response to a questionnaire sent to former students. The accompanying questionnaire forms are not included.
Transcripts follow each handwritten letter.