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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-kc0013-0036-001
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-kc0002-0343-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0002-0311-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "To finish schooling."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0002-0345-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "To study a trade."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0002-0325-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "This pupil lives four miles from a public school, and for this reason it is recommended that her application be accepted."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0005-0012-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Finish public school grade. Should continue work at Genoa."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0002-0327-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "This pupil lives too far from a public school."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0005-0029-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Not recommended on account of small degree of Indian blood."
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0002-0328-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease and Mortality
Summary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "To continue school."
Tribe(s)
Oglala Sioux