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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-kc0013-0076-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Stayed with grandmother and she is having a hard time to make ends meet."
Tribe(s)
Winnebago
gdp-kc0009-0007-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality
Summary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.
Tribe(s)
Chippewa
gdp-kc0013-0055-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality
Summary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.
Tribe(s)
Winnebago
gdp-kc0013-0022-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Mother has IBC and not advisable to remain at home."
Tribe(s)
Omaha
gdp-kc0013-0036-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Should take care of family. He was never provided for them."
Tribe(s)
Omaha
gdp-kc0009-0010-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality
Summary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.
Tribe(s)
Chippewa
gdp-kc0013-0056-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "To learn more about trade and to get more education."
Tribe(s)
Omaha
gdp-kc0013-0023-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "I wanted to learn more and learn some trade."
Tribe(s)
Omaha
gdp-kc0013-0041-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "So I will have a place to where I can prepare myself to be a better citizen."
Tribe(s)
Omaha
gdp-kc0009-0017-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "So that I may learn to make my own living, and be independent."
Tribe(s)
Chippewa
gdp-kc0013-0024-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality
Summary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.
Tribe(s)
Winnebago
gdp-kc0013-0042-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "So I will have a place to where I can prepare myself to be a better citizen."
Tribe(s)
Omaha