Sarah Lamere

Sadie was a Winnebago woman of the Nebraska tribe

By the treaty of 1846 with the United States, the Ho-Chunk Nation was assigned to a vast wilderness area in central Minnesota Territory, the Long Prairie Reservation.

More than twenty years later, the Ho-Chunk were forced to move from that area to the Winnebago Reservation, established by treaty on 8 March 1865. It is further west, in Thurston and Dixon counties, Nebraska, and Woodbury County, Iowa.

Today, the Ho-Chunk Nation, also known as the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, is an American Indian tribe whose territory includes parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois. The tribe's history stretches back more than 10,000 years, and evidence of its presence is found throughout the Great Lakes region. Tribe members often identify as Hochungra.

Omaha and Winnebago reservation lands. “The Official State Atlas of Nebraska”, published in 1885 by Everts & Kirk

Biography:
Sarah Lamere (La Mere) was born in 1890 (also shown March 1889 and September 1891) to father Joseph Alexander La Mere and mother Florence La Mere (Monegar), probably on the Winnebago Reservation of the Nebraska tribe. She was one of 10 siblings and the only one not to leave home. She is shown at home in 1921 living with both parents.

Sarah is shown in a census in 1900 Genoa Township Genoa Village, ED 146, Nance, Nebraska, United States, and listed as 10 years old, although she is NOT identified in digital records of the Indian Industrial School in Genoa, Nebraska.

According to the book Vanished in Hiawatha, author Carla Joinson (who calls her Sadie which is an English diminutive of the name Sarah by which she is known in ALL census reports. Sadie is used in the Canton documents.), advises that she was committed to the Canton Asylum on June 7, 1922, with no diagnosis, and died there on January 31, 1926, from status epilepticus (Status epilepticus (SE) is a medical emergency that involves prolonged seizures or multiple seizures without regaining consciousness in between.).

Sarah was NOT buried in the Hiawatha cemetery at Canton which indicates that her remains were likely returned to the Winnebago Agency for burial.

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

Research Notes:
-Sarah was NOT in the 1926 female census of Canton Asylum
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Sources:

1900 Jun 6 - "United States, Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSTW-P8S : Fri Aug 02 17:47:47 UTC 2024), Entry for Sadie Lamere, 1900, pg. 124/183, line 24 (age 9), census of the Genoa Indian School, Genoa Township, Genoa Village, Nance County, Nebraska

1904 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll663unit/page/n82/mode/1.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 83/332, line 338 (age 14), census of the Winnebago Indians, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska

1905 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll663unit/page/n145/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 146/332, line 327 (age 15), census of the Winnebago Indians, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska

1906 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll663unit/page/n198/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 190/332, line 330 (age 16), census of the Winnebago Indians, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska

1907 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll663unit/page/n251/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 252/332, line 330 (age 17), census of the Winnebago Indians, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska

1909 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll663unit/page/n304/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 305/332, line 331 (age 19, BHS), census of the Winnebago Indians, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska

1910 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll664unit/page/n70/mode/1.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 71/519, line 333 (age 20, BHS), census of the Winnebago Indians, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska

1911 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll664unit/page/n195/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 196/519, line 361 (age 21, BHS), census of the Winnebago Indian School District, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska

1912 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll664unit/page/n294/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 295/519, line 526 (age 22, BHS), census of the Winnebago Indians, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska

1913 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll664unit/page/n393/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 394/519, line 544 (b=1890, BHS), census of the Winnebago Indians, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska

1914 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll664unit/page/n494/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 495/519, line 539 (b=1890, BHS), census of the Winnebago Indians, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska

1915 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll665unit/page/n26/mode/1.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 27/628, line 534 (b=1890, BHS), census of the Winnebago Indians, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska

1916 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll665unit/page/n116/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 117/628, line 520 (b=1890, BHS), census of the Winnebago Indians, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska

1917 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll665unit/page/n170/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 171/678, line 518 (b=1890), census of the Winnebago Indians, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska

1918 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll665unit/page/n236/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 237/678, line 514 (b=1890), census of the Winnebago Indians, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska

1919 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll665unit/page/n297/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 298/678, line 480 (b=1890), census of the Winnebago Indians, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska

1920 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll665unit/page/n363/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 364/678, line 454 (b=1890), census of the Winnebago Indians, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska

1920 Jan 22 - "United States, Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC2S-FWG : Thu Jan 16 20:48:40 UTC 2025), Entry for Taylor Houton and Emma Houton, 1920, pg. 548/1145, line 70 (age 28), census of the Winnebago Township, Thurston, Nebraska

1921 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll665unit/page/n430/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 431/678, line 473 (b=1890), census of the Winnebago Indians, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska

1921 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, archive.org/details/indiancensusroll138unit/page/n137/mode/1up?view=theater. Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 514/519, line 28, female census of the Canton Asylum

1922 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll665unit/page/n497/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 498/678, line 473 (b=1890), census of the Winnebago Indians, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska

(Note that Sarah is living at home at age 31with both parents and ALL other children have moved on)

1922 Jun 30 - Camp Verde School: 1910-27; Canton Insane Asylum: 1910-22, Series: Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/155854182?objectPage=1042, line 23, female census of the Canton Asylum as Sadie La Mere

1923 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll665unit/page/n568/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 569/678, line 485 (b=1890), census of the Winnebago Indians, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska

(Curator Note: Sarah is shown in the Winnebago census from this point forward because she is a ward of the agency, even though she resides in the Canton Asylum)

1923 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=032, line 25, female census of the Canton Asylum

1924 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll665unit/page/n568/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 639/678, line 482 (b=1890), census of the Winnebago Indians, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska

1924 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, archive.org/details/indiancensusroll138unit/page/n137/mode/1up?view=theater. Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 514/519/ line 28, female census of the Canton Asylum

1925 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll666unit/page/n34/mode/1.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 35/931, line 489 (b=1891), census of the Winnebago Indians, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska

1925 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WXB9-CCN2 : Thu Jul 11 06:30:48 UTC 2024), Entry for Sarah Lamere, 1925, pg. 37/934, line 489 (b=1891), census of the Winnebago Indians, Winnebago Agency, Nebr.

1925 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=117, line 27, female census of the Canton Asylum

1925 - "South Dakota, State Census, 1925", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM4S-DX4 : Mon Jan 20 12:31:21 UTC 2025), Entry for Sadie La Mere, 1925, pg. 795/3395, card #642 (age 32), South Dakota state census

1926 Jan 31 - "United States, Native American Birth and Death Records, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLXC-YWNP : Fri Jan 10 15:39:47 UTC 2025), Entry for Sarah Lamere, 31 January 1926, pg. 556/567, line 489 (age 35, death 1.31.1926), census of the Winnebago Reservation, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska

1926 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll666unit/page/n34/mode/1.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 189/931, line xxx (Sarah is NOT listed, and mother Francis has also died), census of the Winnebago Indians, Winnebago Agency, Nebraska