James was a Santee Sioux man
Biography:
James was also known as James CROW and Crow Lightning. (2) Sophia is also known as Susan. (9)
James Lightning was born in April, 1857 at Yellow Medicine MN....
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James was a Santee Sioux man
Biography:
James was also known as James CROW and Crow Lightning. (2) Sophia is also known as Susan. (9)
James Lightning was born in April, 1857 at Yellow Medicine MN....
1/3/2024
Amos was a Lakota Sioux man (Oglala Tribe)
Biography:
Born to Oglala Sioux parents named Horace Nakpo Brown Ears Gi and his wife Emma (NN), probably on the Pine Ridge Reservation in July 1891.
Amos...
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Amos was a Lakota Sioux man (Oglala Tribe)
Biography:
Born to Oglala Sioux parents named Horace Nakpo Brown Ears Gi and his wife Emma (NN), probably on the Pine Ridge Reservation in July 1891.
Amos...
12/29/2023
Benito was a Papago man
Biography:
His profile is part of the The Canton Asylum One Place Study.
Research Notes:
-many sources have the name listed backward, this person was named (given name) ...
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11/27/2023
Benito was a Papago man
Biography:
His profile is part of the The Canton Asylum One Place Study.
Research Notes:
-many sources have the name listed backward, this person was named (given name) ...
11/27/2023
Frank was a Navajo (Diné) man
Biography:
-Born, according to the 1925 South Dakota State Census in 1902 in Arizona, identified in asylum male census records as Southern Navajo, Arizona Territory (S...
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11/24/2023
Frank was a Navajo (Diné) man
Biography:
-Born, according to the 1925 South Dakota State Census in 1902 in Arizona, identified in asylum male census records as Southern Navajo, Arizona Territory (S...
11/24/2023
George was a Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) man
(Curator Note: Because George was admitted to the Canton Asylum from Wittenberg (Prairie du Chien Indian Agency) prior to 1993, he is considered here as a Winneba...
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11/23/2023
George was a Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) man
(Curator Note: Because George was admitted to the Canton Asylum from Wittenberg (Prairie du Chien Indian Agency) prior to 1993, he is considered here as a Winneba...
11/23/2023
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.
Josephi...
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8/3/2023
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.
Josephi...
8/3/2023
Yells-at-Night was a Piegan man (of the Blackfoot Confederacy)
The Piegan, aka Piikani, are a Native American people from the Great Plains who speak Algonquian. They are the largest of the three Black...
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8/3/2023
Yells-at-Night was a Piegan man (of the Blackfoot Confederacy)
The Piegan, aka Piikani, are a Native American people from the Great Plains who speak Algonquian. They are the largest of the three Black...
8/3/2023
Henry was a Paiute (Agai Ticutta) man (of the Walker River Tribe)
The tribe represents two Northern Paiute bands, the larger Aga'idökadö (Agai Ticutta) ("Cutthroat trout Eaters") and the smaller Pakwi...
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8/3/2023
Henry was a Paiute (Agai Ticutta) man (of the Walker River Tribe)
The tribe represents two Northern Paiute bands, the larger Aga'idökadö (Agai Ticutta) ("Cutthroat trout Eaters") and the smaller Pakwi...
8/3/2023
Mary was a Southern Ute woman (Mouache or Caputa band)
The Southern Ute Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation in southwestern Colorado, United States, near the northern New Mexico state line. It...
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8/2/2023
Mary was a Southern Ute woman (Mouache or Caputa band)
The Southern Ute Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation in southwestern Colorado, United States, near the northern New Mexico state line. It...
8/2/2023
Jane was a Southern Ute woman (Mouache band)
The Southern Ute (Kapuuta-wa Moghwachi Núuchi-u) Indian Reservation is near Ignacio, Colorado. The present-day Southern Ute Indian Reservation is a remnant...
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8/2/2023
Jane was a Southern Ute woman (Mouache band)
The Southern Ute (Kapuuta-wa Moghwachi Núuchi-u) Indian Reservation is near Ignacio, Colorado. The present-day Southern Ute Indian Reservation is a remnant...
8/2/2023
Juanita was a Pueblo woman (Pueblo of Laguna tribe)
Their reservation lies in parts of four counties: In descending order of included land area they are Cibola, Sandoval, Valencia, and Bernalillo Coun...
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8/2/2023
Juanita was a Pueblo woman (Pueblo of Laguna tribe)
Their reservation lies in parts of four counties: In descending order of included land area they are Cibola, Sandoval, Valencia, and Bernalillo Coun...
8/2/2023
Charlie was a Ho-Chunk man (Wisconsin Winnebago Tribe)
Until 1993, the Ho-Chunk Nation was formerly known as the Wisconsin Winnebago Tribe, but the term Winnebago is a misnomer derived from the Algonq...
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8/2/2023
Charlie was a Ho-Chunk man (Wisconsin Winnebago Tribe)
Until 1993, the Ho-Chunk Nation was formerly known as the Wisconsin Winnebago Tribe, but the term Winnebago is a misnomer derived from the Algonq...
8/2/2023
Charles was a Menominee man
Biography
Charles Claffin was born in 1831 into the Menominee Tribe, Keshena, Wisconsin. He passed away on March 2, 1914, at the Canton Asylum for Insane Indians. He was...
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8/2/2023
Charles was a Menominee man
Biography
Charles Claffin was born in 1831 into the Menominee Tribe, Keshena, Wisconsin. He passed away on March 2, 1914, at the Canton Asylum for Insane Indians. He was...
8/2/2023
Kay-She-Ah-Bow MP
(1829 - 1912)
"Kay-Zhe-Ah-Bow", "Kay-She-Ah-Low", "Kay-Zhe-Ah-Bo"
Kay-Zhe-Ah-Bow was a Chippewa woman (White Earth Band)
" Suffice to say that in the old days, each Indian had a personal name not transmitted to the children, and the family relationships were couched...
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Kay-She-Ah-Bow MP
(1829 - 1912)
"Kay-Zhe-Ah-Bow", "Kay-She-Ah-Low", "Kay-Zhe-Ah-Bo"
Kay-Zhe-Ah-Bow was a Chippewa woman (White Earth Band)
" Suffice to say that in the old days, each Indian had a personal name not transmitted to the children, and the family relationships were couched...
8/2/2023
Andrew was a half-blood Lakota Sioux (aka Sicangu Sioux) man
Wikipedia contributors. "Sioux." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 11 Dec. 2023. Web. 22 Dec. 2023. @
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Andrew was a half-blood Lakota Sioux (aka Sicangu Sioux) man
Wikipedia contributors. "Sioux." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 11 Dec. 2023. Web. 22 Dec. 2023. @
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8/2/2023
James was a Chippewa (Red Lake band) man
Biography
James was born in 1902 in Minnesota to parents Wain Je Mah Dub Iuayke and his wife As Sin E Wah Beak
James was admitted to the Canton Asylum for I...
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8/2/2023
James was a Chippewa (Red Lake band) man
Biography
James was born in 1902 in Minnesota to parents Wain Je Mah Dub Iuayke and his wife As Sin E Wah Beak
James was admitted to the Canton Asylum for I...
8/2/2023
James was an Oglala Sioux man
Biography
James was born c. 1886 on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation, South Dakota, son of Tatanka Sapa " Chief Thomas" Black Bull and Sun Face 'Susie' Black Bull (Weasle ...
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8/2/2023
James was an Oglala Sioux man
Biography
James was born c. 1886 on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation, South Dakota, son of Tatanka Sapa " Chief Thomas" Black Bull and Sun Face 'Susie' Black Bull (Weasle ...
8/2/2023
Delores is a Menominee of the Bear clan.
Biography:
Per Joinson, Carla. Vanished in Hiawatha: The Story of the Canton Asylum for Insane Indians. University of Nebraska Press, 2016, pg. 318, the Fat...
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8/2/2023
Delores is a Menominee of the Bear clan.
Biography:
Per Joinson, Carla. Vanished in Hiawatha: The Story of the Canton Asylum for Insane Indians. University of Nebraska Press, 2016, pg. 318, the Fat...
8/2/2023
Pugay Beel MP
(c.1880 - 1931)
"Pugay Bill", "Pugay Bell"
Pugay Beel was a (Northern) Navajo man
Biography
Born in 1880 based on the statement by Carla Joinson that when he died on September 12, 1931, he was 51 years old. Notes that indicate that he was fr...
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8/2/2023
Pugay Beel MP
(c.1880 - 1931)
"Pugay Bill", "Pugay Bell"
Pugay Beel was a (Northern) Navajo man
Biography
Born in 1880 based on the statement by Carla Joinson that when he died on September 12, 1931, he was 51 years old. Notes that indicate that he was fr...
8/2/2023
Joseph was a Sioux man of the Hunkpapa band of the Lakota Oyate
Biography
Joseph Big Mane was born about 1883 in North Dakota probably near Fort Yates. He was a Sioux man from the Standing Rock Rese...
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Joseph was a Sioux man of the Hunkpapa band of the Lakota Oyate
Biography
Joseph Big Mane was born about 1883 in North Dakota probably near Fort Yates. He was a Sioux man from the Standing Rock Rese...
8/2/2023