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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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Families, Leaving GenoaSummary
Regarding B. J. Young's trouble with his child or dependent, unnamed here, after he ran away from Genoa, and request to "Mr. Sherrie" to do something to help him with the boy.
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Coming to Genoa, FamiliesSummary
Regarding Wilber Decora's potential enrollment at Genoa.Tribe(s)
Winnebago
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Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Regarding Edna Thomas and her siblings' absence from school while their father is sick, and a request for her and her siblings to return.
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FamiliesSummary
Regarding the poor home environment of an unnamed individual and a recommendation for "citizen Indians."
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Leaving GenoaSummary
Regarding the enclosed letter, a vacation application, and the unknown whereabouts of the mother of the student who wrote the letter.
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Families, Leaving GenoaSummary
Regarding Fern Vivier's request for a summer vacation.
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Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Regarding the request for a guardian's permission to remove a student's tonsils.
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Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Regarding the request for a guardian's permission to remove a student's tonsils.
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Coming to Genoa, FamiliesSummary
Regarding enclosed enrollment blanks for two students and the recommendation that they be accepted to and enrolled in Genoa.
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Coming to Genoa, FamiliesSummary
School Social Worker D. Current reports on Henry Sine's family and home life. Current claims Henry wishes to remain at Genoa over the summer.Tribe(s)
Winnebago
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FamiliesSummary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner reports on the family of Ralph Armell, age 13. Hamner mentions his parents' status as well as his siblings, Fern, Thomas, Phyllis, and Darlene, and reports on the status of the home.Tribe(s)
WinnebagoPeople
Ralph Armell, Thomas Armell, Annie Armell, Mrs. Kelsey, Fern, Thomas, Phyllis, Darlene, Lucile Hamner
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FamiliesSummary
School Social Worker Lucile Hamner reports on the family and home life of Gladys Mitchell, age 7. Hamner mentions Gladys having to leave Genoa when the lower grades were no longer offered.Tribe(s)
Sac and Fox