Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Thomas Black Bear to W. N. Hailmann requesting that he be reinstated as a school teacher on the Pine Ridge Agency.
Former Students in Indian Service
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![Pratt Provides Recommendation for John Morrison Pratt Provides Recommendation for John Morrison](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1282_4863_0002.jpg?itok=jBMssuS0)
Richard Henry Pratt provides W. N. Hailmann a report on John Morrison in relation to his appointment as a teacher in the Indian service.
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Richard Henry Pratt provides a recommendation for a position as a teacher in the Indian Service for Robert J. Jackson as well as a certificate of graduation.
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Richard Henry Pratt provides a recommendation for Josiah George and Elizabeth Wind for positions in the Indian Service.
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Richard Henry Pratt informs W. N. Hailmann of his recommendation to T. W. Potter, Superintendent of the Chemawa School, of former students Josiah George and Elizabeth Wind for a position of band leader and industrial teacher and nurse. He had also mentioned them as candidates to the superintendent of the Albuquerque School.
![Pratt Requests Position at Keams Canyon for Annie Lockwood Pratt Requests Position at Keams Canyon for Annie Lockwood](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1295_10417_0003.jpg?itok=eXhFNXbV)
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Annie Lockwood be given the position of Assistant Matron at the Keams Canyon School and provides information about her enrollment at Carlisle.
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Dennison Wheelock seeks assistance from the Office of Indian Affairs in collecting money from former student Chester P. Cornelius from his creditors in Carlisle, Pennsylvania still seeking repayment. Cornelius was then employed by the Cheyenne Indian School. Wheelock also describes seeking assistance from the local Indian agent in obtaining the…
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Richard Henry Pratt responds to W. N. Hailmann providing a recommendation for Andrew Beard for a position in the Indian Service.
![Standing's Notes on Six Former Carlisle Students Standing's Notes on Six Former Carlisle Students](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1321_20786_0001.jpg?itok=Xa3DAiPv)
Alfred John Standing submits a report to W. N. Hailmann on six former students of the Carlisle Indian School in relation to their employment in the Indian Service.
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Alfred John Standing provides to W. N. Hailmann an assessment of the suitability of some former students for open positions in the Indian Service.
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Alfred John Standing provides a report and recommendation to W. N. Hailmann for George C. Warren as a teacher in the Indian Service.
![Correspondence Regarding the Failure to Re-Nominate Two Teachers Correspondence Regarding the Failure to Re-Nominate Two Teachers](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1369_43839_0002.jpg?itok=i4eFKjeD)
Correspondence regarding Richard Henry Pratt not re-nominating M. L. Silcott and Maud Mosher for teaching positions during the 1897 fiscal year. Pratt had not given sufficient written reasons for his decision, and so complaints were made leading to a call for his dismissal. Pratt subsequently provided a written explanation for his reasons--that…
![Pratt Provides Recommendation for Johnson Adams Pratt Provides Recommendation for Johnson Adams](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1347_32906_0002.jpg?itok=fVm5HAlp)
Richard Henry Pratt provides a recommendation for Johnson Adams for a position in a carpenter shop at a small school in the Indian Service.
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Richard Henry Pratt provides a report on Levi St. Cyr, Calls Horse Looking, and Mark Penoi to W. N. Hailmann for consideration for jobs in the Indian Service.
![Update on Perry Tsamanwa Taking Position in Indian Service Update on Perry Tsamanwa Taking Position in Indian Service](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1363_40350_0001.jpg?itok=fFR1TDuf)
Richard Henry Pratt provides an long update on Perry Tsamanwa taking a position in the Indian Service.
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Richard Henry Pratt responds to a letter from W. N. Hailmann regarding Joel Tyndall as a candidate for a job in the Indian Service.
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Richard Henry Pratt updates the Office of Indian Affairs on teaching position changes at the Carlisle Indian School, including his recommendation that two students soon to graduate be hired.
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Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that the four laundress positions are filled as well as the seamstress position. Pratt further requests that Lizzie James and Jennie Wolf be allowed to take the Civil Service exam to qualify permanently.
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Alfred John Standing responds to a letter from W. N. Hailmann regarding Clarence White Thunder and provides a recommendation for his employment in the Indian Service.
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Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Harvey Whiteshield who is requesting his help in securing a position in the Indian Service. Pratt additionally provides his recommendation for Whiteshield to fill some position.
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Alfred John Standing provides a recommendation for Samuel C. Deon (spelled Samuel Dion here) and Thomas Black Bear to W. N. Hailmann for employment in the Indian Service.
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Richard Henry Pratt provides information to W. N. Hailmann on Julia Williams and provides a recommendation for her to serve as an assistant matron in a small school in the Indian School Service.
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Richard Henry Pratt replies to a letter from W. N. Hailmann regarding a position for Timothy Henry in the Indian Service.
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Richard H. Pratt recommends that former student Ella Rikert be appointed "no higher" than an assistant matron in the Indian Service at South Dakota. Pratt and Assistant Superintendent A. J. Standing forwards Rikert's application to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Pratt also informs the Commissioner that Rikert is currently employed…
![Ella Rickert Follows Up on Request to Transfer to Western School Ella Rickert Follows Up on Request to Transfer to Western School](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b1455_37599_0002.jpg?itok=PwawmJ0p)
Ella Rickert informs the Office of Indian Affairs that she wishes to be transferred to a school in the Northwest until a position in South Dakota opens.