Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Abel Sonnicant, 21 June 1930

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. 

Summary: 
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Child does not live within reach of public school."
Description: 

Abel Sonnicant, age 14, applies to enter Genoa for 4 years. Application mentions his father, John Sonnicant, is deceased, and his mother, Addie H. Sonnicant, is living.

Identifier: 
gdp-de0001-0066
Citation: 
Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Abel Sonnicant, 21 June 1930; Sonnicant, Abel, 1; Entry 73, Student Case Records of the Genoa Boarding School, 1917-1933 (NAID 1557277); Bureau of Indian Affairs, Wind River Agency; Record Group 75; National Archives and Records Administration—Denver.