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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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Digital Heritage
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Not convenient to public school. State laws permit enrollment of Indians in public school."Tribe(s)
CheyenneDigital Heritage
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Coming to Genoa, FamiliesSummary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.Tribe(s)
CheyenneDigital Heritage
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalityDigital Heritage
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives no reason for enrollment.Tribe(s)
CheyenneDigital Heritage
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "Step Mother does not exercise controll. Too old and Decrepit."Tribe(s)
ArapahoDigital Heritage
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Coming to Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Document gives reason for enrollment as "The boy's mother died recently and the father is unable to maintain a home to properly care for his children while attending public school."Tribe(s)
CheyenneDigital Heritage
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Student Finances, Leaving Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Regarding requests from James Howling Crane and Armstrong Spotted Horse for funds to travel home.Digital Heritage
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Student Finances, Families, Leaving GenoaSummary
Regarding enclosed check payable to student May Birdshead.Digital Heritage
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Families, Leaving GenoaSummary
Regarding students' departure and travel home.Digital Heritage
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Student Finances, FamiliesSummary
Regarding an enclosed check payable to a student.Digital Heritage
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Leaving Genoa, Families, Health, Disease, and MortalitySummary
Superintendent recommendation for William Drunkard to return home because his grandfather is sick.Digital Heritage
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School Operations, Families, Leaving GenoaSummary
Regarding an inquiry about students' welfare and an "undesirable" employee.