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Government records show that individuals from these tribal nations attended the U.S. Indian Industrial School at Genoa, Nebraska: Arapaho, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Cree, Crow, Flathead, Kickapoo, Kootenai, Mohawk, Oglala Sioux, Omaha, Paiute, Pend d'Oreille, Piegan Blackfeet, Ponca, Potawatomi, Rosebud Sioux, Sac and Fox, Santee Sioux, Shawnee, Shoshone, Sisseton Sioux, Standing Rock Sioux, Winnebago, and Yankton Sioux.
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Labor, Training and Outing, School OperationsSummary
Regarding the refusal of paying for pupil labor on gymnasium construction work.
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "The pupil prefers the course of study presented in the Indian schools."Tribe(s)
Shoshone (Shoshoni)
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Coming to Genoa, FamiliesSummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "the father of this child is worthless, its mother is dead, the public school at the agency is crowded to capacity, and the child would not receive an education without assistance of the government."Tribe(s)
Shoshone (Shoshoni)
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Coming to Genoa, FamiliesSummary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.Tribe(s)
Shoshone (Shoshoni)
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Coming to Genoa, FamiliesSummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "The father of this child is worthless, the public school at the agency is crowded to capacity, and the child would not receive an education without assistance from the Government."Tribe(s)
Shoshone (Shoshoni)
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Coming to Genoa, FamiliesSummary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.Tribe(s)
Shoshone (Shoshoni)
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Coming to Genoa, FamiliesSummary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.Tribe(s)
Shoshone (Shoshoni)
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Education and Curriculum, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document lists scores for John Engavo in 2nd and 3rd grades.Tribe(s)
Shoshone (Shoshoni)
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Education and Curriculum, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document lists scores for Elouise Sonnicant in grades 5 and 6, prevocational division, and year 1 of vocational division, taken between c. 1918 and 1921.Tribe(s)
Shoshone (Shoshoni)
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Education and Curriculum, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document contains some basic health information and grades for Herman Hill from c. 1918.Tribe(s)
Shoshone (Shoshoni)
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Health, Disease and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Document provides overview of conditions of school buildings with recommendations for improvements.
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as, "This child lives 5 miles from a school teaching the grade she is in. Parents are citizen Indians."Tribe(s)
Ponca (Northern Ponca)