Below is a list of people buried at the Hiawatha Asylum Hospital in Canton, South Dakota. Their history can be found at

Hiawatha's Diary

I realize the words "insane asylum" offer up connotations that many people don't want to deal with, even in this day and age. But it is patently obvious that the majority of the people who were imprisoned there were NOT insane. Whether you recognize any names on the list or not, I recommend you read the history of the "Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians" which can be found at the above link.

Since Indians were sent there from any reservation, the inmates may have been blood relatives of anyone reading this message.

The more people who know about this particular piece of hidden history, the better. We cannot change the past. But, we cannot ignore it.

Carolyne

The 121 People Buried In The Hiawatha Asylum Cemetery, Canton, South Dakata:

• Long Time Owl Woman
• Juanita Castildo
• Mary Fairchild
• Lucy Reed
• Minnie La Count
• Syvlia Ridley
• Edith Standing Bear
• Chur Ah Tah E Kah
• Ollie House
• Asal Tcher
• Alice Short
• Enos Pah
• Baby Ruth Enas Pah
• Agnes Sloan
• E We Jar
• Kaygwaydahsegaik
• Chee
• Emma Gregory
• Magwon
• Kay Ge Gah Aush Eak
• Kaz Zhe Ah Bow
• Blue Sky
• Louise McIntosh
• Jane Burch
• Dupue
• Maggie Snow
• Lupe Maria
• Lizzie Vipont
• Mary Pierre
• Nancy Chewie
• Ruth Chief on Top
• Mary G. Buck
• Cecile Comes at Night
• Maud Magpie
• Poke Ah Dab Ab
• Sits in It
• Josephine Wells
• A.B. Blair
• Josephine Pajihatakana
• Baby Caldwell
• Sallie Seabott
• Selina Pilon
• Mrs. Twoteeth
• Kayso
• Josephine De Couteau
• Jessie Hallock
• Marie Pancho
• Ede Siroboz
• Kiger
• Mary Bah
• Cynia Houle
• Drag Toes
• Charlie Brown
• Jacob Hayes
• Toby
• Tracha
• Hon Sah Sah Kah
• Big Day
• Fred Takesup
• Peter Greenwood
• Robert Brings Plenty
• Nadesooda
• Taistoto
• James Chief Crow
• Yells at Night
• John Woodruff
• George Bautiste
• Baptiste Gingras
• Lowe War
• Silas Hawk
• Red Cloud
• Howling Wolf
• Frank Starr
• Antone
• Arch Wolf
• Joseph Taylor
• James Crow Lightening
• John Martin
• Red Crow
• James Blackeye
• Abraham Meachern
• Aloysious Moore
• Tom Floodwood
• James Black Bull
• Benito Juan
• Seymour Wauketch
• Anselmo Lucas
• Chico Francisco
• Roy Wolfe
• Matt Smith
• Two Teeth
• Pugay Beel
• Merbert Conley
• Jack Root
• Charlie Clafflin
• John Hall
• Amos Deer
• Ne Bow O Sah
• Thomas Chasing Bear
• Dan Ach Onginiwa
• Joseph Bigname
• Falkkas
• Steve Simons
• James Two Crows
• F.C. Eagle
• Andrew Dancer
• Apolorio Moranda
• Harry Miller
• Herbert Iron
• Fred Collins
• John Coal on FIre
• Joseph D. Marshall
• Willie George
• James Hathorn
• Ira Girstean
• Edward Hedges
• Omudis
• Guy Crow Neck
• John Big
• A. Kennedy

"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain perpetually a child. For what is the worth of a human life unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history? --- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 B.C."