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Big Bear, Robert

Robert Big Bear arrived at the Carlisle Indian School on September 21, 1886.  Robert would leave the school on July 23, 1892.  A follow up report on Robert Big Bear would show that he was working a a clerk in a store in the town of Hammon, Oklahoma in 1910.

Cheyenne

Arrived Carlisle Indian School September 21, 1886

Age at Arrival: 12 years

Previous Schooling: None

Didn’t Graduate, left in 1892

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