Student file of Sumner Riggs, a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on September 6, 1880, and departed on December 4, 1884. The file contains a student information card, correspondence, former student response postcards, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving indicating that he was working as a merchant…
Riggs, Sumner
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National Archives and Records Administration
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Student information card of Sumner (here Summer) Riggs, a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on September 6, 1880 and departed on December 4, 1884. The file indicates Riggs was living in Fay, Oklahoma in 1913.
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January 1883
Page one was entirely taken up by a letter from Summer Riggs (Cheyenne), in which he discussed visiting friends and how a white man wanted to learn his actual name, Marchewa, in his native language. Page two mentioned issues that some Congressmen have with rules and conditions students at the school. There was also a letter from White Buffalo…
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Newspapers
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Cumberland County Historical Society
February 25, 1887
The first page opened with a poem titled “New Every Morning,” followed by "An Indian Woman Fought For Her Husband After Receiving a Beating From Him" which concluded on the fourth page. Page two gave news from the Chemawa and Genoa Indian Schools, and "A Nice Pocket Book for the Best," asking for wish lists from the trade departments. Next came…
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Newspapers
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Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections