Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Florence Trudell, 17 Nov. 1928
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, "This family at present lives in Wagner, SD, where the children are permitted to attend school. The parents are unable to give the children the proper care."Description:
Florence Trudell, age 16, applies to enter Genoa. Application lists father, Louis Trudell and mother, Nellie Jones Trudell, as living.
Identifier:
gdp-kc0036-0137Citation:
Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Florence Trudell, 17 Nov. 1928; Folder: Genoa 1928; Box 2; Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Rosebud Agency. Yankton Sub-Agency. School Correspondence, 1926-34. Flandreau (1931-1932) – Lawrence (1926-1927); Repository identifier 7388923; Record Group 75; National Archives and Records Administration—Kansas City.