Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Louise Running Shield, 28 June 1932
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 four miles from a public school, and for this reason it is recommended that her application be accepted."Description:
Louise Running Shield, age 17, applies to enter grade 5. Application mentions her father, Louis Running Shield, is deceased, and her mother, Nora Running Shield, works as a housewife. Application also lists Louise’s skills and interests include baking, home economics, physical education, singing, and basketball.
Identifier:
gdp-kc0002-0325Citation:
Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Louise Running Shield, 28 June 1932; Folder: Running Shield, Louise; 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.