Six Killer, Samuel

Student file of Samuel Six Killer, a member of the Creek Nation, who entered the school on November 25, 1889 and ultimately graduated in 1895, departing on April 17, 1895. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a returned student survey, and a report after leaving…

Student information card of Samuel Six Killer, a member of the Creek Nation, who entered the school on November 25, 1889 graduated in 1895, and departed on April 17, 1895. The file indicates Six Killer studied printing and was living in Muskogee, Oklahoma in 1913 and Del Rio, Texas in 1914.

Student file of Norton Tahquechi, a member of the Comanche Nation, who entered the school on September 17, 1914 and ultimately departed on February 8, 1918. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains a student information card, applications for enrollment, a federal financial aid form, medical/…

Studio portrait of Samuel Six Killer wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Samuel Six Killer, George Scott, and George Vallier. Two are wearing school uniforms. 

Studio portrait of Samuel Six Killer wearing school uniform.

Note: This image also contains caption information for other photographs.

Studio portrait of a large group of male and female students with a white male teacher in the center of the group. The caption identifies them as students who worked in the print shop.

One copy of this image has the sitters identified. They are, back row, left to right: William Denomie, Robert Hudson, Leroy W. Kennedy, Leander Gansworth…

Studio portrait of a large group of male and female students with a white male teacher in the center of the group. The caption identifies them as students who worked in the print shop. 

One copy of this image has the sitters identified. They are, back row, left to right: William Denomie, Robert Hudson, Leroy W. Kennedy, Leander…

Studio portrait of Samuel Six Killer. 

Studio portrait of twenty-three male students. The caption for this image, as well as the other copies, identifies them as students who worked in the print shop and gives a date of 1894. Other copies identify the sitters. They are: 

1st. Tier (presumably the back row), Robert Hudson, Leroy W. Kennedy, Leander Gansworth, William…

The handwritten note on the reverse side reads: Carlisle Indian School.

The printed note on the reverse side reads: PRINTERS. Commence with those standing an read fro left to right in order, likewise the other two tiers.

1st. Tier.

1. Robert Hudson, Seneca.…

The caption reads: GRADUATING CLASS OF 1895, INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, CARLISLE, PA.

Clark Greg, (Assinaboine.) David Turkey, (Seneca.) George Warren, (Chippewa.) Laura Long, (Wyandotte.) Wm. Hazlett, (Piegan.) Wm. Lufkins, (Chippewa.) Isaac Baird, (Oneida.) Lewis Williams, (Nez Perce.) Ida LaChapelle, (Chippewa…

Richard Henry Pratt provides a report to W. N. Hailmann on the Carlisle Indian School graduating class.

These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Samuel Sixkiller enroll his nephew Raymond Ross at the Carlisle Indian School. The request was denied as Ross was a member of the Cherokee Nation and not eligible to receive government assistance.