Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Arthur Grant, 20 Aug. 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 "For vocational training."Description:
Arthur Grant, age 17, applies to enter grade 7. Application mentions his father, Henry Grant, who works as a day laborer, and his mother, Rose Porter.
Identifier:
gdp-kc0020-0102Citation:
Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Arthur Grant, 20 Aug. 1930; Folder: School children 1930-33, Box 2; Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Winnebago Agency. School Subject Correspondence, 1921-1935; Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, NAID 6094120; Record Group 75; National Archives and Records Administration—Kansas City.