Ross, Ella

Student file of Ella Ross, a member of the Osage Nation, who entered the school on June 9, 1882 and departed on September 18, 1883. The file contains a student information card and a report after leaving indicating she was living in Pawhuska, Oklahoma in 1910.

In school documentation Ella Ross is also known as Ella Mary Ross. Her married…

Student information card of Ella Ross, a member of the Osage Nation, who entered the school on June 9, 1882 and departed on September 18, 1883.

Studio portrait of Emily Ross and Ella Ross, both wearing white pinafores over dark dresses. 

Studio portrait of Emily Ross and Ella Ross both wearing white pinafores over dark dresses.

Studio portrait of Emily Ross and Ella Ross, both wearing school uniforms.

Complying with Indian Office orders, Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of students brought to the Carlisle Indian School by Special Agent E. B. Townsend for the fall of 1882. Students were from the Osage, Kaw, and Nez Perce Nations.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to return a number of students to their homes due to ill health in addition to the students who are being returned due to the expiration of their terms.

L. J. Miles, U.S. Indian Agent for the Osage Agency, requests permission to return with a number of Osage students at the Carlisle Indian School due to requests from their parents.