Catkaptecena 'Philip' Doctor

Catkaptecena 'Philip' Doctor was a Dakota Sioux man of The Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, Oceti Sakowin (Dakota Sioux), Stick on the Ree band.

Upper Mississippi River, 1836-40. By J. N. Nicollet assisted by Lieut. J. C. Fremont, of the Bureau of the Corps of Topographical Engineers authorized by the War Department.

The tribe is known for being the protectors of the sacred Pipestone Quarry for the Oceti Sakowin (Dakota). Dakota people called it―and still call it―Inyan Sa K'api, [the place where] they dig the red stone.
Yankton-Yanktonai division (Western Dakota) (Wičhíyena)

Biography:
Catkaptecena was reportedly born c. 1821 to unknown parents. He was widowed before 1892. In 1887 he is identified as belonging to Stick the Ree Band of the Yankton Sioux and living alone with a daughter Nanay Doctor, age 16, apparantly widowed or separated. In the 1893 census he is known as Little Doctor.

He was reported to be a medicine man and also reported in 1905 to be over 90 years old but per the 1905 census, he was 84. He was NOT identified in the 1906 census which suggests he was committed after June 30 1905 and before June 30, 1906

According to the Canton Asylum annual narrative for 1910, he was, according to Table 7, diagnosed with senile dementia. (Senile dementia, also known as senility, is a mental decline that occurs with age and is characterized by a gradual decline in cognitive abilities.)

According to the book Vanished in Hiawatha, author Carla Joinson states that he died on June 19, 1906. An entry in Find a Grave confirms the year and has him buried in Greenville, Charles Mix County, so we can assume that he died at the Canton Asylum after June 30, 1905, and his body was returned to the Yankton Reservation.

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

Research Notes:
-He transitioned his Indian name to an English name...in 1902 he was identified as Catkaptecena, in 1903 as Catkaptecena Philip Doctor, and in 1904 as Philip Doctor
-In 1892 he is aka Little Doctor
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Sources:

1886 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll680unit/page/n54/mode/1.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 55/463, line 30 (age 62 as Catkaptecen), census Band one Stick the Ree Band of the Yankton Sioux Indians, Yankton Agency, South Dakota

1887 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll680unit/page/n149/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 150/463, line 30 (age 63 as Catkaptecena with daughter 16 Nancy Doctor (dead by 1890)), census of band one; Stick the Ree Band of the Yankton Sioux Indians, Yankton Agency, South Dakota

1890 Jul & Aug - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll680unit/page/n238/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 239/463, line 30 (age 68 as Catkaptecena), census of the Yankton Sioux Indians, Yankton Agency, South Dakota

1892 Jul - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll680unit/page/n306/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 307/463, line 64 (age 72 as Catkaptecena aka Little Doctor), census of the Yankton Tribe of Sioux Indians, Yankton Agency, South Dakota

1893 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll680unit/page/n358/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 359/463, line 70 (age 72 as Catkaptecena), census of the Yankton Tribe of Sioux Indians, Yankton Agency, South Dakota

1894 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll680unit/page/n410/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 411/463, line 68 (age 73 as Catkaptecena), census of the Yankton Tribe of Sioux Indians, Yankton Agency, South Dakota

1895 Aug 1 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll681unit/page/n8/mode/1u.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 9/594, line 30 (age 74 as Catkaptecena), census of the Yankton Sioux Indians, Yankton Agency, South Dakota

1896 Aug 18 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll681unit/page/n65/mode/1.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 66/594, line 74 (age 75 as Catkaptecena), census of the Yankton Sioux Indians, Yankton Agency, South Dakota

1897 Aug 20 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll681unit/page/n120/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 121/594, line 75 (age 76 as Catkaptecena), census of the Yankton Sioux Indians, Yankton Agency, South Dakota

1898 Aug 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll681unit/page/n152/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 153/594, line 75 (age 77 as Catkaptecena), census of the Yankton Sioux Indians, Yankton Agency, South Dakota

1899 Aug 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll681unit/page/n185/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 186/594, line 72 (age 78 as Catkaptecena), census of the Yankton Sioux Indians, Yankton Agency, South Dakota

1900 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll681unit/page/n238/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 239/594, line 70 (age 79 as Catkaptecena), census of the Yankton Sioux Indians, Yankton Agency, South Dakota

1901 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll681unit/page/n290/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 291/594, line 71 (age 80 as Catkaptecena), census of the Yankton Sioux Indians, Yankton Agency, South Dakota

1902 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll681unit/page/n342/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 343/594, line 70 (age 81 as Catkaptecena), census of the Yankton Sioux Indians, Yankton Agency, South Dakota

1903 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4F9B-ZYN2 : Sun Mar 10 02:29:13 UTC 2024), Entry for Catkaptecena Philip Doctor, 1903, pg. 420/597, line 71 (age 82 as Catkaptecena Philip Doctor "Wid"), census of the Yankton Sioux Indians, Yankton Agency, South Dakota

1904 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4FFY-H8W2 : Fri Mar 08 02:00:47 UTC 2024), Entry for Philip Doctor, 1904, pg. 491/597, line 65 (age 83 as Philip Doctor), census of the Yankton Sioux Indians, Yankton Agency, South Dakota

1905 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4FFY-H8W2 : Fri Mar 08 02:00:47 UTC 2024), Entry for Philip Doctor, 1904, pg. 528/597, line 66 (age 84 as Philip Doctor), census of the Yankton Sioux Indians, Yankton Agency, South Dakota

1906 Jun 19 - Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77277093/philip-doctor: accessed November 20, 2024), memorial page for Philip Doctor (unknown–1906), Find a Grave Memorial ID 77277093, citing Greenwood Presbyterian Cemetery, Greenwood, Charles Mix County, South Dakota, USA; Maintained by: Find a Grave.

1910 Aug 12 - 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=674/1115, line 22, Table 7 Form of mental disease of those admitted since opening of Asylum