Apolonio Miranda

Apolonio was a Papago (Tohono O'odham) man

"Papago” is the Spanish word for “tepary-bean eaters, but growing tired of being labeled this way, they changed their name to Tohono O'odham which means Desert People, relating to their primary existence in the Sonoran Desert. Their homeland included the area that is now Southern Arizona and the northern portion of the state of Sonora, Mexico.

Papago people on the Papago Indian Reservation, [01-9671.jpg]. Arizona Memory Project, accessed 17/03/2024, https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/nodes/view/234545''

Adobe buildings on the Papago Indian Reservation in southern Arizona, [01-9686.jpg]. Arizona Memory Project, accessed 17/03/2024, https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/nodes/view/234609''

Biography:
Born c. 1865 (calculated backwards from the date of death and known age of 54) to unknown parents, Apolonio was committed to the Canton Asylum on June 3, 1916, from the San Xavier Agency, Arizona, and was 52 years old at that time, according to the 1917 Asylum for Insane Indians School census.

According to Carla Joinson in her book Vanished in Hiawatha, Apolonio was not provided a diagnosis at his admission, and later records do not show a diagnosis.

From Dr. L.L. Culp's letter dated February 17, 1934, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Apolonio died at the Canton Asylum on January 4, 1919, and was buried in the Canton Hiawatha Cemetery, tier 1 plot 84.

His profile is part of the The Canton Asylum One Place Study.

Research Notes:
-the 1919 Jun 30 Canton Asylum census has not been found but dying on January 4, 1919, Apolonio Miranda would not have been included anyway. Apolonio Miranda was NOT in the 1920 census.
-The Dr. L.L. Culp letter dated February 17, 1934, suggests that Apolonio was committed by the Sells Agency, while the Canton Superintendent narrative from 1917 suggests that Apolonio was committed by the San Xavier Agency.
-A review of the San Xavier Agency Papago, living on the reservation, 1911-1917 censuses, identify no one named Apolonio Miranda or Miranda Apolonio (There are several persons named Antonio but NO Miranda surname is found.)
-The name Apolonio Miranda is NOT found in the censuses of the San Xavier Papago by the Pima Agency from 1899 or 1901.
-In the Pima Arizona voting registers for 1882 there is an Apolonio Morada age 27 = b. c. 1855
-There do not appear to be records for Apolonio Miranda until after his admission to the Canton Asylum, numerous searches using numerous parameters all turn up empty.
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Sources:

1917 Oct 1 - Camp Verde School: 1910-27; Canton Insane Asylum: 1910-22, Series: Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/155854182?objectPage=774, line 29, census of the Asylum for Insane Indians School

1918 Feb 2 - Camp Verde School: 1910-27; Canton Insane Asylum: 1910-22, Series: Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/155854182?objectPage=879, line 26, Canton Asylum Superintendent Narrative of 1917 Jun 30 attached to 1918 Narrative

1918 Jun 30 - Camp Verde School: 1910-27; Canton Insane Asylum: 1910-22, Series: Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/155854182?objectPage=886, line 31, Canton Asylum male census

1919 Jan 14 - "South Dakota, Grave Registration Records, 1940-1941", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CYZP-7N3Z : Fri Mar 08 15:25:15 UTC 2024), Entry for Apolonio Miranda, no image
Name Apolonio Miranda
Sex Male
Age 54 years
Birth Year (Estimated) 1865
Death Date 14 January 1919
Event Type Burial
Event Place Presho, Lyman, South Dakota, United States
Cemetery Indian Asylum

1919 Jan 14 - Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14493981/apolorio-moranda: accessed March 17, 2024), memorial page for Apolorio Moranda (unknown–14 Jan 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14493981, citing Hiawatha Asylum Cemetery, Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA; Maintained by Graveaddiction (contributor 46528400). (Curator Note, both the given name and the surname are misspelled)

1919 Jan 14 - Hilton, M. (Ed.). (2023, July 10). Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians Historical Marker. Historical Marker. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=183486 Photo by Ruth VanSteenwyk, July 10, 2023, courtesy of HMdb.org

Andrew Dancer 11-21-18 · Apolorio Moranda 1-14-19 · Harry Miller 4-25-19
(Curator Note, both the given name and the surname are misspelled)