Susie Fish

Susie was a Lakota Sioux woman of the Rosebud tribe (Lakota Sioux, (Sicangu, or Brule (“Burnt Thighs”)))

The Rosebud Sioux Tribe, who are Sicangu, was a band of Lakota people. The Lakota name is Sicangu Oyate translates as the "Burnt Thigh Nation", also known by the French term, the Brulé Sioux. The Lakota, sometimes also spelled “Lakhota,” is a group that consisted of seven tribes who were known as warriors and buffalo hunters. Sometimes called the Tetons (referring to their dialect and location west of the Dakota on the plains. The Sicangu were/are one of the original seven oyates, nations, or council fires.

Biography:
Susie Sharpfish was born c. 1914 to parents Martin Sharpfish and his wife Mary Good Cloud, both Sioux Indians of the Rosebud Reservation. Susie was one of five siblings.

In her book Vanished in Hiawatha, author Carla Joinson says nothing about Susie other than her name was Susie Fish. A letter dated June 29, 1929, signed by Harry Hummer, advised the BIA that "on June 28, 1929, I received Susie Sharp Fish, an epileptic female from the Rosebud Reservation as a patient in this institution." It is not known how long she was a patient nor when she was discharged but she is NOT identified in the June 30, 1932 female census. Susie would have been only 15 years old at the time of admission.

Her profile is part of the https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Canton_Asylum.

Research Notes:
-Based on the Canton Asylum female census dated June 30, 1929, the year Susie was committed, her name was Susie Sharp Fish. (Conclusion: Due to consistently lax paperwork this name could be identified as Susie Sharpfish, there was a family on the Rosebud Reservation named Sharpfish and Fish, a source of confusion). Note that in the 1927 census, Susie's mother Mary uses the name Mary Sharpfish
-Susie is NOT identified in the 1932 Canton female census
-Susie Fish wife of James Fish, is identified in the 1942 census as having died 'prior to calendar year 1942".
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Sources:

1917 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7P57-NZ2M : Tue Jul 23 19:39:22 UTC 2024), Entry for Mary Sharpfish, 1917, pg. 368/469, line 3470 (b=1914),

1918 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7ZMX-KX3Z : Sat Mar 09 11:42:57 UTC 2024), Entry for Mary Sharpfish, pg. 156/733, line 3452 (b=1914), census of the Rosebud Agency, Rosebud, South Dakota

1920 Mar 23 - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920 Population, South Dakota: Kingsbury Co. (ED's 199-213) Lake Co. (ED's 117-128) Lincoln Co. (ED's 129-144) Lyman Co. (ED's 124-132) Todd Co. (ED's 196-198) [NARA T625 roll 1722], pg. 1126/1130, line 69 (age 6), census of Township 38 - R31, Todd County, South Dakota

1924 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGR5-Z2WR : Sun Mar 10 17:24:34 UTC 2024), Entry for Good Cloud, pg. 277/721, line 4423 (b=1914), census of the Rosebud Sioux Indians, Rosebud Agency

1926 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7K8B-B66Z : Thu Mar 07 21:46:17 UTC 2024), Entry for Mary or Good Cloud Sharpfish Fire Heart, pg. 130/389, line 1843 (b=1914), census of the Rosebud Sioux Indians, Rosebud Agency

1927 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7NDS-L4ZM : Sat Mar 09 20:18:04 UTC 2024), Entry for Mary or Good Cloud Sharpfish, pg. 150/802, line 1841 (b=1914), census of the Rosebud Sioux Indians, Rosebud Agency

1929 Jun 30 - Canton Insane Asylum: 1923-33; Cantonment School, pg. 370/1140: 1910-27, Series: Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports 1910 – 1935, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/155855298?objectPage=329/1140, line 19, female census Canton Asylum

1930 Jun 30 - Canton Insane Asylum: 1923-33; Cantonment School, pg. 370/1140: 1910-27, Series: Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports 1910 – 1935, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/155855298?objectPage=351/1140, line 20, female census Canton Asylum

1931 Jun 30 - Canton Insane Asylum: 1923-33; Cantonment School, pg. 370/1140: 1910-27, Series: Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports 1910 – 1935, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/155855298?objectPage=371/1140, line 18, female census Canton Asylum