Indian training schools photographic collection circa 1870-1902

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Indian training schools photographic collection circa 1870-1902

circa 1870-1902

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16 black and white photographs, ca. 1870-1902, of Native Americans at Indian training schools in Forest Grove, Oregon and Carlisle, Pennsylvania, many students identified; Portrait of Sioux Chief Spotted Tail; Metlakahtla Indians at a Fourth of July celebration in 1897.

.06 cubic feet (16 photographs in 4 folders)

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6370091

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Choate, John Nicholas, 1848-1902

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John Nicholas Choate was born in Winnfield, Connecticut in 1848. He moved to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1875 and opened his photography studio at the corner of Market Square and Main Street. In 1876 he moved his shop to 21 West Main Street, where it would remain. Choate was one of Carlisle's most prominent local photographers, taking portrait photos of local dignitaries, groups, locations, and events, as well as important visitors to Carlisle. In addition to creating portrait photographs in his ...

Davidson Bros. (Portland, Or.),

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Spotted Tail 1823-1881

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Sicangu Lakota chief...

Indian Industrial School (Forest Grove, Or.)

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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...