{"id":4650,"date":"2023-01-15T17:39:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T17:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/?page_id=4650"},"modified":"2025-03-24T07:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T12:56:41","slug":"tom-torlino","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/course-syllabus\/tom-torlino\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Torlino"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Image Gateway<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_4847\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-4.37.32-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4847\" class=\"wp-image-4847 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-15-at-4.37.32-PM-1024x574.png\" alt=\"Torlino\" width=\"940\" height=\"527\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Torlino, in 1882 (left), and 1885 (right)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To find out what happened to Tom Torlino and his descendants, read\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.navajotimes.com\/news\/chapters\/021413coy.php\">this 2013 article from the Navajo Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To read Torlino&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/carlisleindian.dickinson.edu\/student_files\/tom-torlino-student-file\">student file<\/a> or view <a href=\"https:\/\/carlisleindian.dickinson.edu\/teach\/analyzing-and-after-photographs-exploring-student-files\">a lesson plan suggestion<\/a> organized around his before &amp; after photographs, visit the Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center<\/p>\n<p>The same man who photographed Tom Torlino in Carlisle (John N. Choate) also took this photograph on the left of ex-slave Henry W. Spradley.\u00a0 View Choate&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/carlisleindian.dickinson.edu\/publications\/souvenir-carlisle-indian-school\">1902 book of photographs on the Indian School<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-2.04.52-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4659\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-2.04.52-PM-1024x833.png\" alt=\"Choate images\" width=\"629\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-2.04.52-PM-1024x833.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-2.04.52-PM-300x244.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-2.04.52-PM-768x625.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-2.04.52-PM-1536x1250.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-2.04.52-PM-900x733.png 900w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-2.04.52-PM-1280x1042.png 1280w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-2.04.52-PM.png 1634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"gallery-1\" class=\"gallery galleryid-4841 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Other images of Tom Torlino from <a href=\"https:\/\/carlisleindian.dickinson.edu\/\">resource center<\/a>:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4650 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-8.55.58-PM.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-8.55.58-PM-300x192.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Pratt with Navajo\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-8.55.58-PM-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-8.55.58-PM-1024x657.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-8.55.58-PM-768x492.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-8.55.58-PM-900x577.png 900w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-8.55.58-PM-1280x821.png 1280w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-8.55.58-PM.png 1516w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4668'>\n\t\t\t\tCol. Pratt with Navajos (1882)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Torlino-and-other-Navajos.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Torlino-and-other-Navajos-300x214.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Navajos 1883\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Torlino-and-other-Navajos-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Torlino-and-other-Navajos-1024x731.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Torlino-and-other-Navajos-768x548.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Torlino-and-other-Navajos-900x642.png 900w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Torlino-and-other-Navajos.png 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4673'>\n\t\t\t\tNavajos students (1883)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-9.02.51-PM.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-9.02.51-PM-196x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Torlino and Watchman\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-9.02.51-PM-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-9.02.51-PM-671x1024.png 671w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-9.02.51-PM.png 706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4674'>\n\t\t\t\tTorlino and Watchman (1885)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Torlino-standing.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Torlino-standing-231x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Torlino\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Torlino-standing-231x300.png 231w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Torlino-standing-788x1024.png 788w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Torlino-standing-768x998.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Torlino-standing-900x1170.png 900w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Torlino-standing.png 954w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4672'>\n\t\t\t\tTom Torlino (1886)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Essential Question<\/h2>\n<p>How should we view Tom Torlino (or Hastiin To\u2019Haali)?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Close Reading Exercise<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The historical documents below concern the fate of Tom Torlino.\u00a0 What do they reveal about his relationship with the Carlisle Indian School?\u00a0 How do they support or challenge some of his family&#8217;s oral traditions about Hastiin To\u2019Haali as described in the <em>Navajo Times<\/em> article (above) from 2013?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Richard Henry Pratt to John Oberly, January 4, 1886<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-1.55.45-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4663\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-1.55.45-PM-832x1024.png\" alt=\"Pratt letter\" width=\"629\" height=\"774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-1.55.45-PM-832x1024.png 832w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-1.55.45-PM-244x300.png 244w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-1.55.45-PM-768x945.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-1.55.45-PM-900x1108.png 900w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-1.55.45-PM.png 1074w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tom Torlino and family in the 1910 US Census<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-2.08.07-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4661\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-2.08.07-PM-1024x512.png\" alt=\"1910 Census\" width=\"629\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-2.08.07-PM-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-2.08.07-PM-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-2.08.07-PM-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-2.08.07-PM-900x450.png 900w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-15-at-2.08.07-PM.png 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2025\/02\/Screen-Shot-2025-02-19-at-12.32.54-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7493\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2025\/02\/Screen-Shot-2025-02-19-at-12.32.54-PM.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1734px) 100vw, 1734px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2025\/02\/Screen-Shot-2025-02-19-at-12.32.54-PM.png 1734w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2025\/02\/Screen-Shot-2025-02-19-at-12.32.54-PM-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2025\/02\/Screen-Shot-2025-02-19-at-12.32.54-PM-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2025\/02\/Screen-Shot-2025-02-19-at-12.32.54-PM-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2025\/02\/Screen-Shot-2025-02-19-at-12.32.54-PM-1536x863.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2025\/02\/Screen-Shot-2025-02-19-at-12.32.54-PM-900x506.png 900w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2025\/02\/Screen-Shot-2025-02-19-at-12.32.54-PM-1280x719.png 1280w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1734\" height=\"974\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7493\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gerilyn Tolino is now a board member of the Center for the Futures of Native Peoples at Dickinson College<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I6C5-jm7OOQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>When Historians Disagree<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn more about the ongoing interpretive debate over &#8220;the myth of the vanishing Indian&#8221; from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/09\/20\/arts\/indigenous-continent-pekka-hamalainen.html\">this recent New York Times article<\/a> about Pekka Hamalainen&#8217;s new book, <em>Indigenous Continent<\/em> (2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Gateway To find out what happened to Tom Torlino and his descendants, read\u00a0this 2013 article from the Navajo Times To read Torlino&#8217;s student file or view a lesson plan suggestion organized around his before &amp; after photographs, visit the Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center The same man who photographed Tom Torlino in Carlisle 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