Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for Lawrence Dixon, 2 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 near the Batesland Public School. However, her father is desperately poor, and has a family of eight children. For this reason I recommend the pupil's enrollment at the Rapid City Indian School."Description:
Lawrence Dixon, age 16, applies to enter grade 7 at Rapid City Indian School. Document lists both parents, William H. and Susan Dixon, as living and two brothers and four sisters attending Oglala Boarding School and Public School.
Identifier:
gdp-kc0002-0288Citation:
Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for Lawrence Dixon, 2 June 1932; Folder: Dixon, Lawrence; 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.