Category Archives: Cora Elm

Further Reading

Capasso, Roberta. Sky Woman Lives in Me. Lulu Publishing Services, 2016. Cress, Joseph. Indian School had a Big Brother in Man-on-the-Bandstand. The Sentinel Newspaper, 2017, http://cumberlink.com/news/local/communities/carlisle/indian-school-had-a-big-brother-in-man-on-the/article_6b02f72f-4b9e-5c64-a886-747c90d81335.html. Accessed 14 May 2017. Gerencser, Jim, Rose, Susan, Triller Doran, Malinda. Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center. Carlisle Indian School … Continue reading

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Historical and Cultural Context

The Oneida Nation is part of the Iroquoian (or Haudenosaunee) tribes, which are originally known as the “Five Nations” (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca). Their homelands are primarily located in New York State (Central New York). According to William A. Ritchie, … Continue reading

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Critical Commentary

What one needs to know about the content of the periodicals which the Carlisle Indian Industrial School has published, is that every publication of these magazines was edited by the so-called “Man-on-the-Bandstand” to insure that those publications were suitable for … Continue reading

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Biography

According to the application form in her student file, Cora Elm, an Oneida Indian of “full” degree Indian blood, was born on February 18, 1891 to her mother Jane Elm and her father Nicholas Elm. Her Oneida tribe was located … Continue reading

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Cora Elm (Oneida)

Biography | Historical and Cultural Context | Critical Commentary | Further Reading “The Creation of the Earth.” Cora Elm, Oneida. “HERE are some of the old Indians who believe that for a long time the human race lived in the clouds while this … Continue reading

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