Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for Stella King, 6 Sept. 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:
Stella King, age 14, applies to enter grade 6 at Rapid City Indian School. Vocational interests include baking, home economics, and nursing. Document lists parents, Jefferson King (Yellow Shirt) and Stella King (Yellow Shirt), as living and one brother attending Santee Normal Training School.
Identifier:
gdp-kc0002-0305Citation:
Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for Stella King, 6 Sept. 1932; Folder: King, Stella; 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.