Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Myrtle Lydia Walking Bull, 30 June 1932 | Genoa Indian School Digital Reconciliation Project

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.

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Summary:

Document gives reason for enrollment as "no permanent home near any school."

Description:

Myrtle Lydia Walking Bull, age 15, applies to enter grade 6. Application mentions her father, Charles Walking Bull as living and whose occupation is listed as farming, but mother, name not mentioned, as deceased. Her vocational preference is Home Economics.

Identifier:

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Citation:

Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Myrtle Lydia Walking Bull, 30 June 1932; Folder: Walking Bull, Myrtle Lydia, 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.


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