Richard Henry Pratt forwards a copy of the Carlisle Weekly Herald which reprinted an article regarding accusations that White Buffalo killed three women. Pratt also forwards a copy of a telegram from the agent claiming that the article is entirely false. As a result Pratt requests the government bring a suit against the North…
Responding to Newspaper Articles about the School
July 28, 1902 - August 6, 1902
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Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
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National Archives and Records Administration
February 21, 1905 - February 22, 1905
William A. Mercer forwards a New York Times article covering the arrest for desertion from the U.S. Army of four members of the Seneca Nation. Mercer comments the article is full of falsehoods and that only two of the men were former Carlisle students and did not have good records as students.
In a separate note Francis E. Leupp asks…
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Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
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National Archives and Records Administration
May 12, 1915
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells forwards a newspaper article about behavior of the school's male students with alcohol and local women to Oscar Lipps and asks for his response.
In his reply Lipps disputes some of the article's specific charges but says in general it is accurate. He also describes how difficult it has been to…
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Letters/Correspondence, Newspapers and Magazines
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National Archives and Records Administration