Student file of Mary Sitting Bear, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on February 19, 1891 and departed on June 29, 1896. The file contains a news clipping, a returned student survey, a student information card, and a report after leaving indicating she was a housewife in Allen, South Dakota in 1910.
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Student information card of Mary Sitting Bear, a member of the Sioux Nation, who entered the school on February 19, 1891 and departed on June 29, 1896. The file indicates Sitting Bear was married and living in Allen, South Dakota in 1913.
These materials include a descriptive statement of students regarding 15 individuals sent to the Carlisle Indian School from the Pine Ridge Agency of the Dakota Territory.
Note: Some people listed here were re-enrolling at Carlisle (having left and come back) while others (such as Mary Sitting Bear) did not enroll at this time, but…