Peter PAQUETTE

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Caledonia, 1870, Columbia County, WI. page 22, line 13

166 162 Paquette Moses 42 Farmer
Madelein 36
Doneitille 9
St Clair 8
Solomon J 6
Peter 4
Daniel 2
Mary Ann 4/12
Bisbois Catharin 15




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• Census: Caledonia, 1880, Columbia County, WI. Name RelationMarital StatusGenderRaceAgeBirthplaceOccupationFather's BirthplaceMother's Birthplace
Moses PAQUETTE Self M Male W 52 WI Farmer WI MO [b. abt1828]
Madaline PAQUETTE Wife M Female W 45 WI Keeping House WI WI
Donatelle PAQUETTE Dau S Female W 19 WI Working At Home WI WI
St. Clair PAQUETTE Son S Male W 17 WI Working On Farm WI WI
Solomon J. PAQUETTE Son S Male W 14 WI Working On Farm WI WI [b. abt1866]
Peter PAQUETTE Son S Male W 13 WI Working On Farm WI WI
Daniel PAQUETTE Son S Male W 11 WI Working On Farm WI WI
Mary A. PAQUETTE Dau S Female W 10 WI At Home WI WI
Moses PAQUETTE Son S Male W 8 WI At Home WI WI



Source Information:
Census Place Caledonia, Columbia, Wisconsin [Racine County?]
Family History Library Film 1255420
NA Film Number T9-1420
Page Number 15B

• Census: Black River Falls, 1905, Jackson County, WI. sheet 2, line 14

26 Paquette Sol J head 41 M Wis Teamster[?]
Madeline mother 71 W
Mary A sister 35 S School teacher
Peter son 39
O'Connell Eleanor neice 17
Paquette Samuel son 17
Abe - 15
Vinnie dau 14


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• Census: Minocqua, District 199, 1900, Vilas County, WI. line
78 Pauquette Mary W F Feb 1870 30 S Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Assistent Matron

84 Pauquette Peter W M Mar 1866 34 S Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin School Farmer

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• Occupation: 1st Navajo Indian superintendent: Apache County, AZ. BARN(E)S DATA BASE
Burris (s/o William & Mary Elizabeth Williams), b. 1860 MO, d. c. 1946; raised by a Brittain family; m. 1st a woman who taught school in an Indian reservation; m. 2nd _____Paquette, a sister to Peter Paquette, the 1st Navajo Indian superintendent to the Navajos at Ft. Defiance, AZ. Originally from Black River Falls, WI, she was part French and part Winnebago Indian. She was killed around 1936 in an automobile accident at a railroad crossing. Burris started an Indian trading post at Burntwater, near Houck in the the state of AZ; he had no children. (Ref. 47)

47. Pioneers of North Central Missouri Theit Ancestors and Descendants by Marlin A. Field, printed by Dogwood Pringing, Ozark MO.


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• Census: Navajo Indian Reservation, District 2, 1910, Apache County, AZ. 2, 2, 1A, lines 26, 27, 36, & 50

8 8 Adams Byron P. head 22
Adams Amy G wife 23
Paquette Petter single 44 Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin
Paquette Madeline mother 78 Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin


10 10 Collins Peter head 26
Collins Edth wife 30
Collins Herbert son 3
Collins Guilford son 7/12
Judge Elizabeth single 40
Callon Ines M single 41
Schensh Amalia single 42
Getenhall Eliza M single 23
Paquette Mary A single 40 Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin


24 24 Stewart John head 55
Stewart Mary wife 46
Paquette Samuel single 23 Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Farmer, Ind Service



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• Reference: Canyon de Chelly, National Monument, 1917, AZ. The Indian Service found that protection of the ruins entailed problems beyond the mere regulation of visitors. By 1917 there were threats of natural erosion. Peter Paquette, then agent, investigated and confirmed a report that White House was endangered by the wash. He submitted an estimate of $1,000 for its protection.

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• Census: possibly Navajo Indian Reservation, District 9, 1920, Apache County, AZ. line 45

Paquitte Peter 53 WI WI WI Gov't Services



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• Reference: letters, Cline Library Digital Archives, Northern Arizona University, 1914-1938, AZ. 1: Letter from Samuel E. Day, Jr. to Peter Paquette [constructed title], May 6, 1938. [1 item] (1938) - Day, Samuel, Jr., 1882-1963

2: Letter from the Superintendent of the Department of the Interior, Peter Paquette to Allen Proctor Harding [constructed title], Jan. 19, 1923 [1 item] (1923) - Paquette, Peter

3: Letter from the Superintendent of the Department of the Interior to the Navajo Indians, Dec. 29, 1922. [1 item] (1922) - Paquette, Peter

4: Letter from the Superintendent of the Department of the Interior to the Navajo Indians, Dec. 29, 1922. [1 item] (1922) - Paquette, Peter

5: Notice from the Dept. of the Interior, United States Indian Service, Navajo Indian Agency regarding U.S. Revised Statute 2138 [constructed title], November 7, 1914. [1 item] (1914) - Paquette, Peter

6: Notice from the Dept. of the Interior, United States Indian Service, Navajo Indian Agency regarding U.S. Revised Statute 2138 [constructed title], November 7, 1914. [1 item] (1914) - Paquette, Peter

[http://www6.nau.edu/library/scadb/creatorreferal.cfm?creator=Paquette%2C+Peter]

• Obituary: The Banner, 1939, Jackson County, WI. PETER PAQUETTE

Peter Paquette died Saturday afternoon, Sept. 26, 1939, at Gallup, New Mexico. For some time he had made his home with his niece, Mrs. G. Showalter (Tillie O'Connel) and he died there of a heart attack. He was 73 years, five months and 17 days of age.

The remains were accompanied to Black River Falls by B. N. Barnes, a brother-in-law, and Mr. and Mrs. G. Showalter. Funeral services were conducted by Father Peters, at the Keefe-Ness funeral home at 3:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon, August 31, 1939. The body was laid to rest, in the family lot by the side of his mother in Riverside cemetery

Mr. Paquette was born at Portage, Wis., March 9, 1866, the son of Moses and Madeline Paquette. The family moved to Black River Falls some 15 years later and Peter made his home here until he entered the U. S. Indian Service 50 years ago. He leaves one brother, Moses Paquette, of this city, and one half-sister, Mrs. Kathryn Argyle, of Stevens Point. He never married.

The deceased was a conscientious man of high moral character and unswerving integrity. He was singularly devoted to his mother who lived here until her death years ago. His first consideration was her comfort and welfare and he contributed materially to both. The following news story taken from the Gallop Independent of Sept 5th tells the story of his active life.

• Obituary: Gallup Independent, 1939, Gallup, McKinley County, NM. Navajos Mourn Paquette as 'Friend', Whites Hail Him as First New Dealer

Window Rock (Special)-Word of the death on Aug. 26 of Peter Paquette, first man of Indian blood to hold a Navajo superintendency, is just reaching hinterlands of the Navajo country where the long hairs and old men still greet his name with reverence.

A strange combination that made a 73-year-old veteran Indian service employee "awful good friend to the old Navajos" and still the administrator to whose regime is credited the start of many of the New Deal policies.

Indians loved him because he understood their ways.

President Teddy Roosevelt appointed him commissioner to the Southwestern Navajos July 1, 1908, after he served seven years as principal of Fort Defiance schools under Francis Leupp who was then Indian commissioner.

In the "reford" administration under Leupp and in his own dealings with the Indians, reservation officials said his policies were New Deal. They credited him with the following:

Advocating conservation of Navajos' resources,

Introducing of Angora goats to improve Navapos' [Navajos'] flocks.

Developing arts and crafts particularly blankets to commercial value.

Waging the fight for Indian medical attention during the flu epidemic that resulted in the present Indian service medical staff (2000 Indians died).

Instigation of the first tribal business council which developed in 1923 into the Tribal council with Chee Dodgeas chairman.

Sam Ayoo-Nalh-K'neezi, one of the old time medicine men, was bereaved with word of Paquette's death.

"I feel awful bad" said Sam when convinced the report was actually true. "Old Navajos lost awful good friend. We never will forget him because he was one man who really understood us."

Indians told government men how Paquette bearded two witch doctors by wearing two spits of clothes during a hearing in which they threatened to "witch you if you'll take your clothes off". They, however, attributed an attack of gall stones that necessitated an operation a long while later to the "witching".

Indian service employes liked the French and part Indian administrator.

"Paquette turned us loose with six months to do the job or get fired", recalled Ray Dunn, Indian service man,

Most of the 'basic material for the Merriam report, facts used by John Collier, U. S. Indian commissioner, for developing a part of his program for the Navajos, was obtained by Paquette.

Those from away who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. G. Showalte rand [Showalter and] B. N. Barnes, Gallup, N. M.; Mrs. Kathryn Argyle and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ball, Stevens Point; Mr. and Mrs. Dooley, Manitowish; Mr. and Mrs. Russel Paquette, Mrs. Emma Paquette, Mrs. Mary Robarge and children, Albert Mose and Mary Katheryne, Tomah; and Louis Prescott, Portage.

[Window Rock is a Navajo community in Apache County, AZ]

• Alt. Death, 26 Aug 1939.