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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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Coming to Genoa, FamiliesSummary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.Tribe(s)
Shoshone (Shoshoni)
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Coming to Genoa, FamiliesSummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "The father of this child is worthless, the public school at the agency is crowded to capacity, and the child would not receive an education without assistance from the Government."Tribe(s)
Shoshone (Shoshoni)
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Coming to Genoa, FamiliesSummary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.Tribe(s)
Shoshone (Shoshoni)
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Coming to Genoa, FamiliesSummary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.Tribe(s)
Shoshone (Shoshoni)
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Education and Curriculum, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document lists scores for John Engavo in 2nd and 3rd grades.Tribe(s)
Shoshone (Shoshoni)
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Education and Curriculum, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document lists scores for Elouise Sonnicant in grades 5 and 6, prevocational division, and year 1 of vocational division, taken between c. 1918 and 1921.Tribe(s)
Shoshone (Shoshoni)
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Education and Curriculum, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document contains some basic health information and grades for Herman Hill from c. 1918.Tribe(s)
Shoshone (Shoshoni)
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as, "This child lives 5 miles from a school teaching the grade she is in. Parents are citizen Indians."Tribe(s)
Ponca (Northern Ponca)
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.Tribe(s)
Cheyenne (Northern Cheyenne)
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Education and Curriculum, FamiliesSummary
Document lists Sidney Bird's scores in grades 1 through 5, taken between c. 1926 and 1930.Tribe(s)
Sioux
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
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."Tribe(s)
Blackfeet (Blackfoot)
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as, "High School is too far to walk."Tribe(s)
Blackfeet (Blackfoot)