Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Edith Day, Sept. 1929

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 "Parents do not live within reach of school facilities."
Description: 

Edith Day, age 19, applies to enter Genoa for 4 years. Application mentions her father, Jesse Day, and her mother, Mildred Day, both living.

Identifier: 
gdp-de0001-0168
Citation: 
Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Edith Day, Sept. 1929; 806.2 Application Blanks, Genoa Indians, Vacation Requests and Transportation Requests, 227; Entry 8, Wind River Agency, General Correspondence Files 1890-1960, 806.1-806.2 (NAID 571199); Bureau of Indian Affairs, Wind River Agency; Record Group 75; National Archives and Records Administration—Denver.