Cora Mae Battice
- BORN
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October 27, 1891
Oklahoma
- DIED
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April 15, 1971
Oklahoma
- EDUCATION
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Carlisle Indian Industrial School
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Cora Mae Battice (Pe-ah-twa-tah) was born in 1891 in Oklahoma and was a member of the Sac and Fox tribe. Battice was a survivor of Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. She was enrolled beginning in 1906, graduated in 1915 and left the school in 1916. While at Carlisle, Battice made paintings, drawings, and studied dressmaking as part of her studies through their Indian Crafts Department. Through this department students worked in a variety of media and were published in small, catalog-style publications meant to advance the mission of the school and generate income for the institution. After leaving Carlisle, Battice married and returned to Oklahoma after spending time in the Northeast and Midwest.
Note
The Carlisle Indian Industrial School was a Native American boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, that operated from 1879-1918. It is estimated that nearly 8,000 students were enrolled. Native American children were often coerced or forced to attend Carlisle, and survivors of the institution recount being taken from their homes and families without consent. The mission of Carlisle was to “civilize” Native Americans through exploitative labor, acculturation and forced acceptance of Euro-American values.
Other name variations: Cora Ellis
Tribal Affiliation: Sac and Fox
Ancestral Affiliation: Ancestral Affiliation with Missouri - Artistic practice outside of Missouri
Locations of Practice: Pennsylvania; Oklahoma
For more information on Native peoples in the Missouri region, please visit Native American Art in Missouri: A Brief Historical Context.
Cora Mae Battice (Pe-ah-twa-tah), Student Artwork, 1909.
Stencil on paper.
Included in the Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center.
Reproduced with permission of The Cumberland County Historical Society, Carlisle, PA.
https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/documents/student-artwork-1909
Awards & Exhibitions 0
References
Artist clippings file is available at:
Bibliography
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"United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", FamilySearch, Entry for Cora Battice Ellis, 1934.
“Student Artwork, 1909 | Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center,” n.d., https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/documents/student-artwork-1909.
“Cora Battice Student File | Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center,” n.d., https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/student_files/cora-battice-student-file.
“Arts and Handicraft of the Indian | Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center,” n.d., https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/publications/arts-and-handicraft-indian.
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Image Credits
Artwork
Cora Mae Battice (Pe-ah-twa-tah), Student Artwork, 1909.
Stencil on paper.
Included in the Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center.
Reproduced with permission of The Cumberland County Historical Society, Carlisle, PA.
https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/documents/student-artwork-1909
Portrait of Artist
Unknown, Cora Mae Battice (Pe-ah-twa-tah), 1915.
Photograph, detail from class photo.
Included in the Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center.
Reproduced with permission of The Cumberland County Historical Society, Carlisle, PA.
https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/images/graduating-class-1915-1915
Contributors
Jen Everett, St. Louis Public Library
Artist Record Published
Published on December 27, 2024
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References
Artist clippings file is available at:
Bibliography
Select Sources
"United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", FamilySearch, Entry for Cora Battice Ellis, 1934.
“Student Artwork, 1909 | Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center,” n.d., https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/documents/student-artwork-1909.
“Cora Battice Student File | Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center,” n.d., https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/student_files/cora-battice-student-file.
“Arts and Handicraft of the Indian | Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center,” n.d., https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/publications/arts-and-handicraft-indian.
Core Reference Sources
Contributors
Jen Everett, St. Louis Public Library
Artist Record Published
Published on December 27, 2024
Updated on None
