Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Elliott Tasso, 17 Sept. 1915
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.
Elliott Tasso, age 19, applies to enter Genoa for 3 years. Application lists his father, Andrew Tasso, and his mother, Mary L. Tasso, both living. Document gives reason for enrollment as "He has finished the 6th grade in our school, and his home is several miles from Kingfisher, Oklahoma, where he could no doubt enter the public school, if it was convenient to his home. His parents being citizens of the state would permit him the same advantages as other citizens of other races."