Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for Walter William Young, 18 July 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 "Living too far from school at home."Description:
Walter William Young, age 10, applies to enter grade 5. Application mentions his father as Walter Young who is living and has the occupation of a farmer. His mother is mentioned as Winnie Williams Young, as living and as being a housewife.
Identifier:
gdp-kc0002-0346Citation:
Application for Enrollment at Rapid City for Walter William Young, 18 July 1932; Folder: Young, Walter William, 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.