By 1922, Hummer had begun imprisoning Native children as well, such as 12-year-old Henry Frenier and ten-year-old Amelia Moss. And according to "An Invitation to Restorative Justice” by Anne Dilenschneider, at least seven children were born at the institution. However, it's ultimately unclear how many people got pregnant during their time at Hiawatha Asylum or how many of those pregnancies resulted from rape.
One of the children born at Hiawatha asylum was Winona Faribault. Her mother, Elizabeth Faribault, had been imprisoned at Hiawatha asylum in 1915 when she was 22 years old, after the Sisseton Agency, which serves the trust land of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, claimed that she was "homicidal." Elizabeth tried to escape twice, once in January 1920 and again in September 1921. She wrote letters pleading her case to the Indian Commissioner in Washington, D.C., while friends and family sent a petition demanding her release. However, she remained imprisoned until her death on March 2, 1928.
Elizabeth Faribault reportedly began a relationship with Willie Dayae, a Diné, and their daughter Winona was born on September 28, 1926. Hummer reportedly kept "Baby Faribault" at the asylum until she was almost four years old, and when Winona was nine months old, he had already diagnosed her as an "imbecile." But by 1930, it was obvious that Winona was not showing signs of mental illness, and in order to avoid an inquiry, Hummer sent her to an orphanage in Arizona.
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