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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, School OperationsSummary
Regarding a young man, Louis Chippewa, who left a wife and child behind while attending Genoa. This letter proposes to send him home to tend to his family.
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Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding death of Felix Milk
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Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding if a boy named Jesse is attending the school.
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Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding a 12-year-old pupil who died from blood poisoning after breaking his arm.
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Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding a father that reports his daughters were enrolled at school against his will.
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Families, School OperationsSummary
Regarding an investigation into girls being enrolled at the Genoa school.
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Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding two girls, 10 and 12, who were taken from their family without consent.
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Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding the request to return two girls who were taken from their home after not being able to attend school from sight troubles.
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Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding a 14-year-old pupil with a ruptured appendix.
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Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding two girls taken to the Genoa school without consent who are being treated for trachoma.
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Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding two girls who traveled to Genoa with trachoma and their father's request that they be sent home to attend a school 3/4 a mile away from their home in Bloomfield, Nebraska.
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Families, Health, Disease, and Mortality, School OperationsSummary
Regarding a medical examination of two girls with trachoma.