Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute:
American Indian Students (1878-1923)


Compiled and edited by Jon L. Brudvig, Ph.D. ©1994 and 1996 All rights reserved.

before girl
Ziewie, a fifteen year old Sioux girl
from Crow Creek Agency arrived
at Hampton in 1878.
  after girl
Ziewie, four months after her arrival
at Hampton.
(Hampton Archives)



Note: Photographs such as the pair above were taken for the purpose of showing the "successful civilization" of the Indian students. Both Armstrong of Hampton and Pratt of the Carlisle Indian School thought this would garner broad support, both political and financial, for their Indian schools.



Alphabetical Listing of Students by Name

Female Students: names A to L

Female Students: names M to Y

Male Students: names A to F

Male Students: names G to O

Male Students: names P to Z


Alphabetical Listing of Students by Tribal Affiliation


First Person Accounts Written by Students

Section One:
Stella Bear - Arikara, 1898-1903
Anna Bender - Chippewa, 1902-1906
Elizabeth Bender - Chippewa, 1903-1908; 1914-1915
Flora Brown - Absentee-Shawnee, 1900-1904
Carlota Gutierrez - Navajo, 1901-1909
Josephine Hill - Oneida, 1901-1904
Lucy Hunter - Winnebago, 1910-1916
Lena Ludwick - Oneida, 1901-1910


Section Two:
Stella Celia O'Donell - Chippewa, 1904-1910
Ella Fire Thunder - Sioux, 1889-1896; 1898-1899
Lucinda George - Onondaga, 1892-1898
Elizabeth Cornelius - Oneida, 1894-1901
Lucy Conger - Sioux,1895-1899
Starry Sun Chief - Pawnee, 1904-1906
Rachel Sheridan - Omaha, 1903-1909
Francis Verigan - Tlingit, 1919-1921


Section Three:
Henry Fielder - Sioux, 1894-1899
Clayton Laymon - Oneida, 1920-1922
Fred Bender - Chippewa, 1911-1915
John Green Walker - Navajo, 1895-1901
Ralph Emmerson White - Sioux, 1904-1910


Section Four:
Walter David Owl - Cherokee, 1909-1915
Frel Owl - Cherokee, 1914-1918
Charles Doxon - Onondaga, 1883-1889
Joseph Metoxen - Oneida, 1909-1911
Francis Kennedy - Seneca, 1893-1899
Samuel George - Seneca, 1892-1898


Section Five:
Fred Medicine Crow - Sioux,1897-1902
Edward Knudson Ukipata - Sioux, 1897-1904
John Tiaokasin - Sioux, 1881-1884; 1885-1887; 1887-1889
Roland Burnett Sundown - Seneca, 1918-1923
Arthur Harris - Mohave-Apache, 1910-1916
John Tyner - Absentee-Shawnee, 1900-1904


Section Six:
Jesse Hill - Seneca, 1892-1899
Victor Manuel - Pima, 1906-1911
Joseph Ross - Sioux, 1898-1900
Reuben Williams - Tuscarora, 1910-1915
Alonzo Lee - Cherokee, 1894-1900
John Wizi - Sioux, 1892-1895; 1897-1900
Asa Patterson - Tuscarora, 1897-1899
Issac Webster - Oneida, 1896-1903
Abel Wolfe - Cherokee, 1896-1901
Thomas Butler Reed - Aleut, 1915-1917; 1919-1922
Edward Skenandore - Oneida, 1900-1904
Matthew Ankle - Sioux, 1890-1898; 1901-1902
William Sapcut - Comanche, 1913-1918





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