Cumberland County Historical Society

Studio portrait of Melinda Metoxen. 

Studio portrait of Minnie Finley posed with violin.

Studio portrait of Minnie Perrine.

Studio portrait of twenty people: one male student, eighteen female students, and one teacher. The caption identifies this as "Music Class, 1891." The NAA copy of this image identifies the teacher as Miss Moore. School records show the music teacher was Annie Moore. 

Studio portrait of Ne Koh Ke Pah Nah, an Osage chief. 

Newspapers record visits from the chief to Carlisle in 1891 and 1895. 

Cameo photographs of seventeen Sioux chiefs, all of whom visited the school in mid-February 1891 and presumably had these portrait photos taken by John N. Choate. The grouping is titled "Noted Indians" and has a copyright date of 1891. Each chief is identified by a white tag applied to his lapel. They are identified as: 

Top row,…

Studio portrait of visiting Osage chiefs with their interpreters. 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has identified the following sitters based on comparison with other photos: standing, back row, left to right: James Bigheart, Ne Koh Ke Pah Nah, William Connor, Saucy Chief, and Ed Mathews; sitting, front row. left to right:…

Studio portrait of Paul Good Bear and Joseph Spaniard. 

Studio portrait of Peter Camp, Belknap Fox, Charles Knor, and William Ball, from Fort Belknap.

Studio portrait of a male student who is probably Peter Nahmais.

Studio portrait of Peter Oscar wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Rachel Tsikahda Morgan wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Richard Grant wearing school uniform. 

Studio portrait of Richard Sanderville, William Leighton, and John Frost. Two are wearing school uniforms.

Studio portrait of Robert Horse. 

Studio portrait of Samuel Gruett.

Studio portrait of Samuel Six Killer wearing school uniform.

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

Studio portrait of Sarah Flynn wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of Stacy Matlock wearing school uniform and holding a hat. 

Studio portrait of Stephen Reuben wearing school uniform with a star-shaped pin.

Studio photo of thirteen male students, identified in the caption as being "Osage group, 1891. 

A researcher at the Cumberland County Historical Society identified as the students as:

Top row, left to right: Claude Smith, Frank Penn, Amos Osage, Daniel McDougan. 

Middle row, left to right: Elias Stanton, Harry…

Studio portrait of Thomas Flynn and John Kennedy.

Studio portrait of Thomas Guardipee wearing school uniform.

Studio portrait of twelve male students. The caption identifies them as from the Piegan nation and as having entered on March 26, 1890. 

Portrait of twenty-one students--eleven male and ten female students--posed on the steps outside a brick building, probably on the school grounds. The caption says that they are "Crows from the Crow Agency, Montana, who entered Carlisle Indian School in 1890." 

The Cumberland County Historical Society has two copies of this image:…