Student file of Walter Standing Elk (Badger), a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on January 24, 1907 and ultimately departed on September 14, 1911. The student did not attend the school continuously, but left and reentered. The file contains student information cards, a progress/conduct card, and an application for…
Standing Elk, Walter


Progress cards of Walter Standing Elk, a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on January 24, 1907.

Student information card of Walter Standing Elk, a member of the Cheyenne Nation, who entered the school on January 24, 1907 and ultimately departed on September 14, 1911.

This material includes correspondence concerning a November 1910 inspection of Carlisle by James McLaughlin. This includes information concerning the guard house, a list of runaway students, and an investigation into the administrative affairs at the school.

These materials contain correspondence regarding the return of Walter Standing Elk to the Carlisle Indian School.