Descriptive Statements of Children, April 8, 1883–September 7, 1888

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Descriptive Statements of Children, April 8, 1883–September 7, 1888

1883-1888

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6587441

This series consists of descriptive statements of children. The records include forms and lists. The records provide information about Indian students from the Rosebud Indian Reservation attending Carlisle Indian School and Genoa Indian Industrial School. Information provided in the records includes each student's Indian name, English name, degree of Indian blood, tribe, father's name and rank, whether parents were living or dead, sex, age, height, and remarks.

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National Archives at Kansas City

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SNAC Resource ID: 11668988

National Archives at Kansas City

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Carlisle Indian Industrial School (Carlisle, Pa.)

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The Carlisle Indian Industrial School was the brainchild of a young lieutenant of the 10th United States (U.S.) Cavalry, Richard Henry Pratt. Lieutenant Pratt had great sympathy for the misery of the Indian, even while he was engaged in subduing the hostile tribes of the West. He became convinced that the solution to the Indian uprisings lay in the education of the Indian rather than in further bloodshed. No public schools allowed Indian students, but Pratt, with the help of influential sympathi...