Children who died at residential schools

Indian Time Newspaper will publish lists of children who died at residential schools, in their memory, as they become available. On September 21, 2017 IT published an article ‘Returning Home: Two Native American Children buried at Carlisle Indian School returned’. On October 3, 2019, IT published the Truth and Reconciliation list of 4200 children’s name who died at residential schools. A list of Mohawk children was published in Indian Time ‘Possible Mohawk Children Who Died in Residential Schools’ on November 12, 2020.

Remembering the Following Students at the Mohawk Institute

Source: National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

Name Date of Death (Year/Month/Day)

Albert Davey 1897-11-02, Andrew Silver 1893-12-27, Arthur Staats 1924-03-31, Augustus Jacket 1852-01-04, Bernard Iveran Beaver Not known, Caroline Burnam 1902-09-08, Charlie Staats 1923, Dorothy Herkimer 1931-04-21, Edgar Smith 1916-03-29, Edith Clause 1910-09-17, Effie Smith 1936-05-11, Emily Hill 1871-12-09, Emma Martin 1871-03-01, Eva Jane Lickers (Herkimer) 1929-01-25, Francis Waddilove 1876-06-03, Gladys Staats 1927-01-21, Gordon Tobias 1918-10-28, Hilda Wilson 1918-10-27, Ida Curley 1880-06-10, Inez Wilson 1918-04, Jenny Maracle 1901-06-16, Jesse Cusick 1907-02-10, John Moses 1897-10-13, Joseph William Commanda 1968-09-03, Julia Turkey 1871-01-21, Kitchener Jamieson 1927-03-07, Lillian Van Every 1918-10-24, Loretta Sero 1864, Louisa Leween 1902-04-30, Mabel Walker 1902-08-09, Margaret Lickers 1912-02, Margaret Maracle 1901-06-16, Margaret Williams 1870-06, Mary Ann Suzan Clara Ottereyes 1965-09-05, Morley Snake 1965-01-22, Pauline Johnson 1932-04-11

Peter Doctor Not known, Raymond (Jaques) Jacobs 1941-11-17, Reuben (James) Fox 1925-02-17, Robert Gibson 1917-06-05, Russell Bennett 1918-10-21, Sarah Hill 1872-04-29, Solomon Ashkewe 1902-06-14, Stanley Herkimer 1918-11-01, Susannah Hill 1851-12-15, Susannah Maracle 1871-08-23, Theresa Lacour/Latour 1891-08-09 and Walter Henry 1918-10-28.