Yates, Margaret

Cemetery information and mortuary documents related to Margaret Yates (Na-dah-sthil-ah), a member of the Apache Nation.

Student information card of Margaret Yates, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on November 4, 1886 and died on December 9, 1894. She was buried in the school cemetery.

In school documentation Margaret Yates is also known as Na-dah-sthil-ah.

Student information card of Margaret Yates, a member of the Apache Nation, who entered the school on November 4, 1886 and died on December 9, 1894 while attending the school. She was buried in the cemetery on the school grounds.

The first page opened with the poem, “What Makes A Man,” followed by an article titled, “Interesting Observations At the Indians’ Own Home” reprinting a letter from Joshua Given (Kiowa) who described the social and political news from the Kiowa and Comanche Agency. He reported the activities of students who had returned home from Carlisle. The…

Studio portrait of eight male students and three female students, all wearing school uniforms. 

These have been identified as the Chiricahua Apache students who arrived at Carlisle from Fort Marion, Florida, November 4th, 1886, taken at an unknown later date.

A researcher has identified them as: back row, left to right, …

Studio portrait of  Margaret Yates.

Studio portrait of Margaret Yates.

These materials include a cover letter and Descriptive Statement of Pupils regarding 37 Chiricahua Apache prisoners-of-war transferred to the Carlisle Indian School from Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida, where a larger group of Geronimo's band remained imprisoned. The 37 individuals transferred to Carlisle represented a portion of all…

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of the death of Margaret Yates.