Hampton Institute, 1895: Cherokee students

Hampton Institute, 1895: Cherokee students

Cherokee Indians

Indigenous American students

Cherokee youth

This photograph, dated 1895, is from the Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives and shows a group of students upon their arrival at Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) in Hampton, Virginia. Founded as a Freedman's Bureau school 1868, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute was established educate African Americans after the Civil War. Booker T. Washington was, perhaps, its most famous student. In 1878 Hampton established a formal education program for Native Americans and gained a reputation for educating students from diverse tribes. This photograph is of particular interest, as the the third student from the right on the back row is Will West Long. Long later became known as an authority on Cherokee culture and folklore, especially concerning medicine and spiritual practices, and was a talented woodworker renowned for his hand carved wood dance masks. Aside from Long, three of the other students in the photograph are identified as follows: the two girls in the front are (left to right) Julia Lee and Nora Lee, behind them on the far left is Hugh J. Lambert. The name of the photographer who captured this shot is also unknown.

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Photograph Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1895

National Anthropological Archives

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2009-01-13

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