Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Hazel Shields, 7 June 1930
Summary:
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Hazel is an orphan, and it will be impossible for her to go to school unless she is permitted to enroll in some boarding school."Description:
Hazel Shields, age 15, applies to enter grade 5. Application mentions her father, Silas Shields, and her mother, Susie Shields, are both deceased and that “the girl owns 160” acres of land.
Identifier:
gdp-kc0002-0115Citation:
Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Hazel Shields, 7 June 1930; Folder: Shields, Hazel 1930-1931, 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.