Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for Louise Hawkins, 12 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 "My father does not have the funds to send me to public school," and "This girl would like to enter Rapid City school and be with her brothers."Description:
Louise Hawkins, age 11, applies to attend grade 5 at Rapid City Indian School. Document lists parents, William and Agnes Hawkins, as living.
Identifier:
gdp-kc0002-0299Citation:
Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for Louise Hawkins, 12 Aug. 1932; Folder: Hawkins, Louise, 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.