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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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gdp-de0001-0010-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "The pupil prefers the course of study presented in the Indian schools."
gdp-kc0036-0081-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as, "This child lives 5 miles from a school teaching the grade she is in. Parents are citizen Indians."
gdp-de0001-0254-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.
gdp-kc0036-0061-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as, "1 1/2 mile from grade school which she has completed and five miles from Verdel high school which is too far."
gdp-kc0036-0155-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as, "High School is too far to walk."
gdp-de0001-0238-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document contains basic information about two students, including the names of their fathers and their age, height, and weight.
gdp-de0001-0166-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Lives within half mile of public school. Feels that white parents object to his enrollment account being an Indian. If forced to attend public school, will probably result in his attending no school at all."
gdp-de0001-0165-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Child does not live within reach of public high school, where it is practical for him to attend."
gdp-de0001-0075-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Is not within reach of public school."
gdp-de0001-0077-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Does not live within reach of public school."
gdp-de0001-0074-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Is not within reach of public school."
gdp-de0001-0063-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Pupil does not live within reach of public school."