Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for Vesta Blue Legs, 25 July 1932 | Genoa Indian School Digital Reconciliation Project

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.

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Summary:

Document gives reason for enrollment as "I am living too far from the nearest school."

Description:

Vesta Blue Legs, age 11, applies to enter grade 6 at Rapid City Indian School. Document lists both parents, George and Jennie Blue Legs, as living.

Identifier:

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Citation:

Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for Vesta Blue Legs, 25 July 1932; Folder: Blue Legs, Vesta, 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.


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