Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Cleveland Allen, 29 July 1932
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 "I recommend this boy be accepted for enrollment."Description:
Cleveland Allen, age 18, applies to enter grade 12. Application mentions his father, Robert Allen, and his mother, Lillian Allen. Application also lists Cleveland’s skills and interests include mechanical drawing, normal training, physical education, clarinet, saxophone, basketball, baseball, and track.
Identifier:
gdp-kc0002-0247Citation:
Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Cleveland Allen, 29 July 1932; Folder: Allen; Box 1153; Case Files of Pine Ridge Students Attending Genoa Indian School, ca. 1913 - ca. 1933; Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, NAID 1154495; Record Group 75; National Archives and Records Administration—Kansas City.