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Burnette, Lena

Lena Burnette arrived at the Carlisle Indian School on September 1, 1913 and would leave the school on June 6, 1916.  Lena would return to her home in Mahnomen, Minnesota in 1916.

Chippewa

Arrived Carlisle Indian School September 1, 1913

Age at Arrival: 7 years

Previous Schooling: None

Didn’t Graduate, left the school in 1916

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