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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. 

gdp-kc0010-0006-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Education and Curriculum, Labor, Training and Outing
Summary
At age 15, Inez entered grade 10 at Genoa after attending school elsewhere for seven years.
Tribe(s)
Chippewa
gdp-kc0001-0038-001
Topic
Families, Education and Curriculum, Labor, Training and Outing
Summary
At age 14, Sidney entered grade 7 for his seventh year enrolled at Genoa.
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0001-0370-001
Topic
Families, Education and Curriculum, Labor, Training and Outing
Summary
At age 16, Mary entered grade 8 for her fourth year enrolled at Genoa.
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-de0001-0037-001
Topic
Families, Education and Curriculum, Labor, Training and Outing
Summary
At age 18, Tisavere entered grade 10 for her tenth year enrolled at Genoa.
Tribe(s)
Shoshone
gdp-kc0001-0057-001
Topic
Coming to Genoa, Families, Education and Curriculum, Labor, Training and Outing
Summary
At age 20, Louise entered grade 10 at Genoa after attending school elsewhere for ten years.
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0001-0376-001
Topic
Families, Education and Curriculum, Labor, Training and Outing
Summary
At age 15, Oliver entered grade 7 for his third year enrolled at Genoa.
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0001-0058-001
Topic
Families, Education and Curriculum, Labor, Training and Outing
Summary
At age 16, Wilbur entered grade 8 for his second year enrolled at Genoa.
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0001-0378-001
Topic
Families, Education and Curriculum, Labor, Training and Outing
Summary
At age 17, Ruth entered grade 10 for her third year enrolled at Genoa.
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0011-0002-001
Topic
Families, Education and Curriculum
Summary
Document lists scores for Leona Vizenor in various subjects for grade 6, taken in 1927-28.
Tribe(s)
Chippewa
gdp-kc0002-0230-001
Topic
Families, Education and Curriculum
Summary
Document lists scores for Mollie Wounded Head for various subjects in grades 5 and 6, taken between 1931 and 1933.
Tribe(s)
Sioux
gdp-kc0011-0003-001
Topic
Families, Education and Curriculum
Summary
Document lists scores for Marcella Vizenor in various subjects for grade 5, taken in 1927-28.
Tribe(s)
Chippewa
gdp-kc0002-0240-001
Topic
Families, Education and Curriculum
Summary
Document lists scores for Benj. Wright in various subjects for grade 10, taken in 1931-32.
Tribe(s)
Sioux