Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Lucille R. Taylor, 31 Aug. 1927

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 "The parents are divorced and the father does not contribute to the support of the children and the grandparents are not financially able to subsist, clothe, and educate. Public school is 2 1/2 miles."
Description: 

Lucille R. Taylor age 10, applies to enter Genoa for 3 years. Application mentions father, Edward Taylor, and mother, Rebecca Redwing, both as living.

Identifier: 
gdp-kc0036-0063
Citation: 
Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Lucille R. Taylor, 31 Aug. 1927; Folder: Genoa 1927; Box 2; Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Department of the Interior. Office 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.