Seweyea, James

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James Seweyea Student File
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Student file of James Seweyea, a member of the Queres Nation, who entered the school on August 24, 1884 and ultimately departed on September 17, 1890. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, letters/correspondence about Seweyea's life in New Mexico, a returned…

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National Archives and Records Administration
James Seweyea Student Information Card
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Student information card of James Seweyea (here Sewegea), a member of the Pueblo Nation, who entered the school on August 24, 1884 and departed on September 17, 1890. The file indicates Sewegea was living in Laguna, New Mexico in 1913.

Note: Although this card shows James Seweyea entering in October 3, 1886, other documentation shows…

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National Archives and Records Administration
Samuel Keryte and James Seweyea, c.1887

Studio portrait of Samuel Keryte and James Seweyea.

Format:
Glass Plate Negative
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
List of Students to be Returned to their Homes for June 1886
May 26, 1886

Richard Henry Pratt provides the Office of Indian Affairs with a list of students whose terms of enrollment are set to expire or for other reasons and requests authority to return them to their homes.

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
Age of Students Being Sent Home in June 1886
June 3, 1886

Reply to Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the ages of outgoing pupils.

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Letters/Correspondence
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National Archives and Records Administration
List of Students to be Returned to their Homes for June 1889
June 10, 1889

Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of students to be returned to their homes due to various reasons along with various escorts.

Note: The student referred to here as Maurice Walker is also known as Maurice Yellow Hair.

 

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Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration
System of Savings for Carlisle Indian School Students
December 16, 1889

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter which enclosed a letter from W. B. Backus, Superintendent of the Genoa School, in reference to a system of savings for students. Pratt notes that he believes he fills the place of a parent for the students at the Carlisle Indian School, that he considered teaching students about…

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Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence
Repository:
National Archives and Records Administration