Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for John Two Dogs, 9 Aug. 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 "To get an education."Description:
John Two Dogs, age 17, applies to enter grade 7 at Rapid City Indian School. Vocational interests include carpentry, engineering, and painting. Document lists father, John Two Dogs, as deceased and mother, Helen Two Dogs, as living. Student has two brother sand two sisters attending Flandreau, Oglala Boarding School and Genoa.
Identifier:
gdp-kc0002-0334Citation:
Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for John Two Dogs, 9 Aug. 1932; Folder: Two Dogs, John, 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.