Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Wilbur Decora, 6 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 "I wish to enroll at an Indian School so as to have training I need."Description:
Wilbur DeCora, age 17, applies to enter grade 9 for vocational training. Vocational preference is Engineering. Application mentions his father, John DeCora, as living, and his mother, Jenny Cloud, as living too.
Identifier:
gdp-kc0013-0017Citation:
Application for Enrollment at Genoa for Wilbur Decora, 6 June 1932; Folder: Application for enrollment 1931-35, Box 1; Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Winnebago Agency. School Subject Correspondence, 1921-1935; Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, NAID 6094120; Record Group 75; National Archives and Records Administration—Kansas City.