Yellow Bear, Minnie

Student information card of Minnie Yellow Bear, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on October 27, 1879 and departed on March 21, 1887.

Student information card of Minnie Yellow Bear, a member of the Arapaho Nation, who entered the school on October 27, 1879 and ultimately departed on March 21, 1887.

In school documentation Minnie Yellow Bear is also known as Minnie.

The first page opened with a poem titled "Found in the Path," followed by an article called "Are You His Equal?" that described an incident in which the Man-on-the-Band-Stand criticized a Carlisle student's letter home because it complained about having to work with a man with darker skin. There were a few more small news items on the page.…

The first page opened with the poem "What a Jug Did," reprinted from An Old Scrap Book followed by a piece called "Nice Letter from Mr. Standing," made up of abstracts from his trip West returning Carlisle students to their home agencies. Standing mentioned there was a special travel car for girls and sick students, and described his…

A studio portrait, taken in Philadelphia of Chief Left Hand and his son Grant, Chief Little Raven and daughter Anna, and Chief Yellow Bear and his daughter Minnie. 

Studio portrait of Yellow Bear and his daughter, Minnie Yellow Bear. 

Studio portrait of Yellow Bear and his daughter, Minnie Yellow Bear. 

Studio portrait of Minnie Yellow Bear.

Note: The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image: PA-CH1-039d and PA-CH1-064c.

Studio portrait of five male students and four female students.

They are, back row, left to right: Frank West, George Summers, Percy Zadoka, Warden Cleaver; front row, left to right: Annie Thomas, Minnie Yellow Bear, Pollock Spotted Tail, Hattie Longwolf, and Harriet Mary Elder. 

Studio portrait of nine students. Back row, left to right: Frank West, George Summers, Percy Zadoka, Warden Cleaver; front row, left to right: Annie Thomas, Minnie Yellow Bear, Pollock Spotted Tail, Hattie Longwolf, and Harriet Mary Elder. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has three copies of this image: PA-CH1-004, 10-B-17…

Photo taken of visiting Cheyenne and Arapahoe Chiefs with Carlisle students and government employees at Devil's Den at the Gettysburg battlefield. The image is dated November 28, 1884.

One person is identified only as "Kise." It is not known if this is Kise (Red Wolf) or Kise Williams. 

Studio portrait of Minnie Yellow Bear. 

Richard Henry Pratt requests that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs authorize Agent Miles' expenses incurred while transporting a party of six Cheyenne and Arapaho chiefs and their children as well as Daniel Tucker from the Carlisle Indian School to Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Tucker and the chiefs' children are all Carlisle students.…

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Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority to send home Millie Yellow Bear to accompany Lena Black Bear, who is ill. In addition he notes that he has delayed sending Thomas Kester home due to his coming down with a case of the mumps.