Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Loretta Walters, 21 Aug. 1930
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 pupil lives one mile of the Pine Ridge public school but the school will be more than filled this year."Description:
Loretta Walters, age 17, applies to enter grade 9. Application mentions her father, Alfred Walters, is deceased, and her mother, Josephine MaClair, owns 160 acres of land and works as a housewife. Application also lists Loretta’s skills and interests include business, home economics, nursing, and basketball.
Identifier:
gdp-kc0002-0198Citation:
Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Loretta Walters, 21 Aug. 1930; Folder: Walters, Loretta, 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.