Josephine Pajihatakana

Josephine was a Sioux (Spirit Lake Tribe, formerly known as Devils Lake Sioux Tribe)) woman

Biography:
Josephine was born c. 1888 to Sioux father Pajihatakana and Sioux mother Maniwakanwin.

Josephine was admitted to the Canton Asylum for Insane Indians on August 31, 1917, by the Devils Lake Agency, and no diagnosis, at age 29. Both parents seem to have died after the 1910 census which probably means that she had become a burden on the community by the Devils Lake Agency, notwithstanding any mental or physical diagnosis, which was a common method of relieving an Agency of responsibility when they had no other means to care for someone.

According to the February 17, 1934 letter by Dr. L. L. Culp, Josephine died September 25, 1921, and was buried in the Hiawatha cemetery tier 6 plot 38.

Research Notes:
-the 1908 Indian census seems to have a typo, indicating her birth as April 13, 1908, instead of, probably, April 13, 1988

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Sources:

1907 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66LQ-TQJ4 : Wed Oct 04 09:03:13 UTC 2023), Entry for Josephine Pejihutaskana, 1907, pg. 242/869, line 1683-1685 (Confirms daughter of Pejihataskana and Maniawkanawin, at age 17, census of Devils Lake Sioux Indians, Devils Lake Agency, North Dakota by superintendent of the Indian School

1908 Jul 1 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66L4-DLFQ : Wed Oct 04 06:35:59 UTC 2023), Entry for Josephine Pejihutaskana, 1908, pg. 435/869, line 688 annotated born April 13, 1908 and 19 years old (likely typo should be April 13, 1988), census of the Devils Lake Sioux Indians, Devil's Lake Agency, N. D.

1909 Oct 1 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66L4-BFSP : Wed Oct 04 09:08:39 UTC 2023), Entry for Josephine Pejihutaskana, 1909, pg. 667/869, line 651-653, census on the Devils Lake Sioux Indians, Devils Lake Agency, N.D.

1910 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6NBM-HRFJ : Wed Oct 04 15:33:45 UTC 2023), Entry for Josephine Pejihutaskana, 1910, pg, 55/780, line 676-678 (Father Pejihutaskana, mother Maniwakanwin), census of the Sioux Indians, Devils Lake Agency, N.D.

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=887, line 24, female census of the Canton Asylum,

1920 - 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=899, line 27, female census of the Canton Asylum.

1920 Jan 30 - "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6J7-FPD : Fri Dec 22 23:31:37 UTC 2023), Entry for Josephine Pejihutaskana, 1920, pg. 652/1130, line 91 age 31, census of Asylum for Indians, Canton Township, Lincoln County, South Dakota

1921 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68Z4-CZ7F : Sat Oct 07 00:06:24 UTC 2023), Entry for Josephine Pejihutaskana, 1921, pg. 509/522, line 30, female census of the Canton Asylum

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14493707/josephine-pajihatakana: accessed 05 January 2024), memorial page for Josephine Pajihatakana (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14493707, citing Hiawatha Asylum Cemetery, Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA; Maintained by Graveaddiction (contributor 46528400).

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

A. B. Blair 8-6-21 · '''Josephine Pajihatakana''' · Baby Caldwell 1-31-21 · 

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