CIIS Biographies

Lista and Joseph

Lista Wahoo (E. Cherokee) and Joseph Twin (Winnebago). To quote Genevieve: “They eloped, he spirited her away…in a car in the middle of the night….” More may be found in Bell’s dissertation.

Lista:

Cherokee

Arrived Carlisle Indian School 1901

Previous Schooling: None

Did not Graduated, left in 1909 though she didn’t attend regularly

Joseph:

Winnebago

Arrived Carlisle Indian School 1899

Previous Schooling: None

Did not Graduated, left in 1908